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Who is the first governor general of India declared the practice of Sati illegal?

lord cornwallis


Who was the SATI was declared illegal and punishable by the regulation XVII during the governor generalship?

Raja Ram Mohan Rai. after that no female was sati


Sati was abolished in the year?

Sati was officially abolished in India in the year 1829 through the Bengal Sati Regulation Act introduced by Lord William Bentinck. This act made the practice of sati illegal and punishable by law.


In which year was the Sati Partha banned in India by Lord William Bentinck?

The practice of Sati was banned in India by Lord William Bentinck in 1829 through the Bengal Sati Regulation Act. This law made the act of Sati, where widows would self-immolate on their husband's funeral pyre, illegal in British India.


Who abolished the practice Sati in India?

King Ashoka


What is suttee or sati and who practiced it?

The now illegal act or practice of a Hindu widow's cremating herself on her husband's funeral pyre in order to fulfill her true role as wife.in South Asia, the now illegal practice of a Hindu widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre


What is the tradition of a widow killing herself by throwing her body on her husbands buring funeral pyre?

It is called Suttee sometimes spelled Sati, and is as one might guess, an illegal practice.


When Sati pratha was banned?

Sati practice was banned in India by the British administration in 1829 through the Bengal Sati Regulation Act. This came after sustained efforts by social reformers and British officials to abolish this practice, which involved the self-immolation of widows on their husband's funeral pyres.


Who eradicate Sati practice in India?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy


Were does sati come from?

Sati is the practice of self-immolation, or burning yourself to death. It comes from Hindu mythology. The story of Dakshayani (Sati) and her marraige to the god Shiva. Some classic examples are the protest satis. Wives (widows) will often burn themselves to death to follow their husband and aid him in the afterlife.


Who was associated with abolished 'Sati' in India?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy abolished the evil practice of sati. he not only abolished this practice but also did many other works for the uplistment of women; he set up brahmo samaj in 1828 etc etc..


Who was the governor general to abolish the practice of Sati?

Lord William Cavendish Bentinck