Modern History PYQ 150 of 636 · Social and Religious Movements

Who declared “Sati” illegal?

  1. AWarren Hastings
  2. BWilliam Bentinck
  3. CCornwallis
  4. DCurzon
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

63rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2017

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Correct answer: (b) William Bentinck

Explanation

Lord William Bentinck banned the practice of Sati through Regulation XVII of the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829. Initially, this law was applied only in the Bengal Presidency; however, in 1830 it was also applied in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies.

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