The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c10.s3.11

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Hindu reformers launched a most determined attack against the custom in the nineties of the last century. Prin. Agarkar's articles against the custom created a ferment in Maharashtra. Society began to realise that the custom, far from protecting widows, was often exposing them to the mercies of most unscrupulous persons. The custom began to disappear rapidly in the first quarter of the 20th century. At present it has practically died down in towns and cities. It still lingers in rural areas, but there also its days are numbered.