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Answer the following question briefly:
Mention any two important social reforms introduced by Akbar?
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Solution
Akbar introduced a number of social reforms to rid Indian society from some cruel practices like:
- Akbar issued orders to the kotwals to check the forcible practice of Sati or the burning of a widow on the funeral pyre of her husband. However, the women who committed Sati of their own free will were allowed to do so.
- Akbar legalised widow remarriage.
- Akbar was against anyone having more than one wife unless the first wife could not bear children.
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