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Which committee was created in 1941 to codify Hindu law due to an increase in legislation addressing personal concerns at the end of British rule?
  • The Meena Commission
  • The Shah Bano Committee
  • The Ambedkar Committee
  • The Rau Committee
Answer- D
In 1941, the colonial government had appointed a four-member Hindu Law Committee, known as the Rau Committee after its chairman B. N. Rau. The committee was to resolve doubts about the Deshmukh Act's construction, ensure that its introduction of new female heirs was not made at the expense of the decedent's own daughter and consider bills introduced to abolish women's limited estate and to make polygamy a ground for separate residence and maintenance. Hence, option 'D' is correct.