• Parminder kaur
• Dr. Kuldeep Kaur Dhaliwal

Abstract:-Women are the pillars of every society, they are nearly half of the world population. So, it has been rightly said that the true yardstick to analysis the development of society mostly depends upon favorable conditions being provided to women of any society. In India gender discrimination prevalent not only in modern society, it also prevalent in ancient time. In British period Indian women also faced many types of discrimination in the society. They were deprived from basic needs like education, good food etc. Women were not having freedom in any field of life. As daughter, she lived under the strict supervision of her parents, after marriage they lived under her husband and after the death of her husband, they lived under the supervision of her son as well as society. To describe changing position of women during British period, it is essential the knowledge of situations in which society Indian women lived.

:- 1.Women 2.Gender discrimination, 3.Son preference, 4. Patriarchal society, 5. Education, 6.Violence, 7.Health issues 8. Social customs

" A critical analysis on gender discrimination in British India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.365-373, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906X83.pdf

" A critical analysis on gender discrimination in British India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp365-373, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906X83.pdf