The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856, also Act XV, 1856, enacted on 25 July 1856, legalized the remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule was drafted by Lord Dalhousie.
Mahagujarat movement or Mahagujarat Andolan was based around the demand of creation of separate state of Gujarat for Gujarati-speaking people from the Bombay state in 1956. The result of this movement was creation of two states on linguistic basis viz. Gujarat and Maharashtra. Indulal Yagnik was leader of this movement.