Modern India

Sati Abolition 1829

English

Period1829 Exam importanceHigh

Regulation XVII of 1829, passed by Governor-General William Bentinck, outlawing the practice of Sati (widow immolation), enacted largely due to the sustained advocacy of reformer Raja Rammohan Roy.

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