Women in the earlier days were forced to burn themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands.

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Things were drastically different two hundred years ago. The majority of children were married off at a young age. Both Hindu and Muslim males were permitted to have many wives. In some regions of the nation, widows who chose suicide by setting themselves ablaze on their husband's funeral pyre were celebrated. Whether they did so voluntarily or not, these ladies were referred to as "sati," which is Sanskrit for "virtuous women." Property rights for women were likewise limited. Moreover, the majority of women had little to no access to schooling. Many people thought that if a woman had an education, she would end up a widow in many sections of the country.

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