Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-09
widow marriages celebrated in all India; of

widow marriages celebrated in all India; of these, one was celebrated at Ahmednagore, and another at Hyderabad. In both of these widow marriage was quite a new thing, and the opposition brought to bear upon it was very strong, but it was intellectual, and the ceremonies in both the places passed off very successfully.
 Ahmednagore is in the Deccan, and known as one of the centers of Maharatta conserva- tism. MT. Lal Shankar Uma Trivedi, Nah ratta gentleman of much responsibility has
 been known in that part of India as a social reformer and as jealous advocate of widow marriage. Through his exertions marriage WAS arranged between an educated young
 Brahmin gentleman and young widow, the daughter of respectable resident of the town. The ceremony took place on July l,
 at the residence of MT. Trivedi, where he in-
 vited large number of European and native
 gentlemen. to witness the wedding
 WIDOW MARRIAGES.
 The bridegroom was a very intelligent
 young man, and held the appointment of
 schoolmaster at Averaoti, and the bride was
 pleasant looking, modest young lady, who
 went through the ceremony with, says an
 eye witness, "much natural grace and sim
 plicity." The ceremony over, the bride did
 the honors by decorating the guests with
 flowers. A Brahmin lady then read an ad-
 dress of congratulation to the bride and the oridesy 5has sEs : ssIoss f5y sdr s..
 Shankar, who explained the object of the
 great marriage reform he is so much interest ed in, and thanked those present for giving it their support and countenance. Hyderabad is the capital city of large native State of that name, and is situated in southern India. On the 10th of July last MT. Rayaka Lakshoni Narayana Shastri cele- fal xIar oofl C,.1, at1 Viswerwaramca a beautiful widow of seventeen, with MT. T. Rama Row, an under graduate of the Madras university, and at present teacher in the Bolarum grammar school. Three hundred gentlemen, almost all of them of liberal principles, ,countenanced the marriage by their presence at the wed ding, which celebrated according to the Hindoo custom, at the residence of the brides father, who, although not an English educa- ted man, is a warm advocate of widow mar riage.
 Some of the relatives of the brides deceased husband presented themselves at the ceremo- ny with number of policemen, with view if possible to prevent the ceremony, but their attempts proved unavailing, as they were not armed with any government order. There was, however, some exchange of hard words and something like little quarrel between the parties, which ended in the defeat of the opponents of the marriage
 RESULTS OF ENFORCED wIDowHooD. I observed in my last that enforced widow hood in India occasionally leads to crime l learn that within the last month there were three elopements of young widows in the dis 1 trict of Tanjore, in the Madras presidency. l One of these girl widows was captured and | brought back to her deceased husbands ! home, her young lover having forsaken her and ran away. Of the other two, one was l taken care of by the police, and the others 1 whereabouts have not yet been ascertain ed Ali these have been kept widows against l their will.
 Writing on these cases of elopement, a 1 Hindoo social reformer claims: May God open the eyes of the Hindoo public, and move l the government to restore the Hindoos their l own law, and to free the Hindoo women rom 1 the bondage of custom, is my earnest prayer"