Religious disability act 1956, modified hindu customs, for instance declaring that a change of religion did not debar a son from inheriting the property of his heathen father.
first afghan war (1838-42)
punjab wars (1845-49)
crimean war (1854-56)
santhal rebellion (1855-57)
Centres of revolt and leaders
- Delhi General Bakht khan
- Kanpur Nana Saheb
- Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal
- Bareilly Khan Bahadur
- Bihar Kunwar Singh
- Faizabad Maulvi Ahamadullah
- Jhansi Rani Laxmibai
- Female Infanticide (Bengal Reguation 1795 & 1804 declared it illegal)
- Abolition of Sati (1829 reguation for bengal and in 1830 extended to Madras and Bombay)
- Widow Remarriage Act, 1856
- Native Marriage act 1872, Age of Consent Act 1891, Sarda Act 1930, Child Marriage Restraint act 1978
- Charles Wood's Despatch on Education 1854