In which year ‘The Age of Consent Act’ was passed?

(A) 1856
(B) 1891
(C) 1881
(D) 1905

Correct Answer : 1891
Question Asked : Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013
Behramji M. Malabari was the greatest Parsi social reformer of the 19th century. He was born in 1853 in a Persian family in Baroda. He edited a circular against child marriage and in support of widow remarriage. The Age of Consent Act, 1891 was passed by his efforts.
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