The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c11.s3.21

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In the matter of franchise, Indian women have been very fortunate. They have got it almost without asking. The angle of vision of looking at the question changed profoundly subsequent to the Great War, and the British Parliament granted franchise to British women in 1918. The Parliament took up the question of Indian Reforms soon thereafter, and decided to leave the question of the enfranchisement of Indian women to provincial legislatures. The latter bodies showed a liberal spirit and Indian women thus got their franchise without having recourse to breaking of windows and courting of imprisonment. The Government of India Act of 1935 has introduced a differential lower franchise for women in order to enfranchise a large number of them. It has also reserved a few seats for them in every provincial legislature.