Consider the following statements related to the widow remarriages and choose the correct statement.
1. Ranade was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the
Bengal Presidency.
2. Jyotiba Phule's writings titled 'The Texts of the Hindu Law on the Lawfulness of the Remarriage of Widows' and 'Vedic Authorities for Widow Marriage' elaborated the shastric sanction for remarriage of widows.

neither 1 nor 2

The correct answer is Option 4: neither 1 nor 2

Statement 1: Ranade was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the Bengal Presidency. This statement is incorrect. Ranade was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency, not the Bengal Presidency.

Statement 2: Jyotiba Phule's writings titled The Texts of the Hindu Law on the Lawfulness of the Remarriage of Widows and Vedic Authorities for Widow Marriage elaborated the shastric sanction for remarriage of widows. This statement is incorrect. These writings were authored by M.G. Ranade, who used them to establish the shastric sanction for widow remarriage. Jyotiba Phule, on the other hand, is associated with a simultaneous attack on caste and gender oppression.