Both V. D. Savarkar and B. R. Ambedkar supported significant reforms in women’s rights — though from different ideological foundations. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Savarkar publicly supported: • Widow remarriage • Inter-caste marriage • Opposition to child marriage • Women’s education • Social reform within Hindu society In speeches and writings (including Hindutva and later collected works), Savarkar argued that Hindu society must reform regressive customs to become strong and modern. He endorsed