By,

Samridhi Gupta

Women‘s Emancipati

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In Indian society women were treated generally as maid or slaves as if they had no will or desire of their own.

They had to follow their husbands in all matters women were given as payment for loss to a gambling opponent.

To show devotion, they were forced to burn themselves alive by jumping onto the funeral pyre of their husbands after their death.

This practice, called “SATI” continued until the end of 17th century when this custom was outlawed in spite of the dismay it caused the Hindu religious Leaders.

The practice of "SATI"

Although SATI was widely practiced until the end of 19th century and still continues in some of the remote areas of India. In certain regions of India , women are offered to the priests as things to be exploited.

In others they were sacrificed to Hindu gods to please them or seek rain. Some Hindu laws even declare that : “the unwanted patience, the tornados or tsunamis, death, hell fire, poison, snakes are no less evil than women.”

At last many people made various objections against women but yet the women have proved all these thinking wrong by working towards progress.

The women today improvised their image in the society by excelling in almost each and every field.

This is all today possible because of common but great personalities such as Pandita Ramabai and Ramabai Ranade.

Pandita Ramabai

Ramabai Ranade

The Arya Mahila Samaj and Sharada Sadan was founded by Pandita Ramabai.

Sevasadan was founded by Ramabai Ranade.Also, Bharat Mahila Parishad(1904) and the All

India Women’s Conference(1927) was founded.Later, after Independence, due to all of these

contributions, women were equal status as that of men in the Constitution Of India.

Thank You…