Social reforms and Fight against evil practices of women.

• Several evil practices such as Practice of Sati, Purdah system, Child marriage, Female Infanticide, Bride price and Polygamy.
• First enactment of law against practice of Sati during the Lord William Bentinck. 
• Female Infanticide is more in the Rajputanas, Punjab and North western provinces.
• Raja Rammohan Roy and Iswarachandra Vidya Sagar are the prominent reformers.
• July 1856, JP Grant passes a bill on Widow Remarriage Act, 1856.
• In 1870, the Indian Reforms Association was started with the efforts of Keshav Chandra Sen .
• A journal called Mahapap Bal Vivah was launched with efforts of B.M.Malabari.
• In 1846, the minimum marriageable age for a girl was only 10 years.
• In 1891, through the enactment of the Age of Consent Act, this was raised to 12 years. 
• In 1930, through the Sharda Act, the minimum age was raised to 14 years. 
• After independence, the limit was raised to 18 years in 1978.