Three months after her husband
's death, PR
founded the Arya Mahila Samaj
in Poona; this society of high-caste Hindu women worked for the education of girls and against child-marriage.
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19 March 1891
The Age of Consent to Marriage Bill was passed by the IndianLegislative Council; it raised the age of consent for girls from ten to twelve.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
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