256 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1905. 
37. Formation of New Castes.—By R. Burn, I.C.S. 
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have already reached the stage at which widow remarriage is no 
ognized. Some members have, however, joined the 
rya Samaj, and a marriage was lately celebrated between a 
Barahseni man and a widow of the same up. When the 
project was announced, the orthodox Hindus held a meeting and 
age to stop her proceedings, but without success. 
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called their daughters-in-law, and refuse to let them visit their 
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e other case differs in nature. A Barahseni, A, has & 
daughter who was married to B. B abandoned his wife an 
kept a Musalman woman by whom he had several children, and 
it was thought that he had become a Musulman. He recently 
came and claimed his wife, and was entertained by his 
father-in-law, A has, therefore, been outcasted, and was not 
invited to the caste feast which celebrated the expulsion of those 
concerned with the remarriage of a widow. 
€ question now arises, what is to become of the persons 
outcasted ? Up toa recent date they would have been received 
by the Chausenis. This group, however, refuses to admit them, 
as an important section of it has refused to recognize widow 
