dec 4, 1829 - Abolition of Sati by Bentick Dec 1829
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RRR wrote articles in his journal Sambad Kaumudi advocating its prohibition. He stressed with the East India Company administration to ban this practice.Lord William Bentinck became the Governor-General of India in 1828. He helped Raja Rammohan Roy to suppress many prevalent social evils like Sati, polygamy, child marriage and female infanticide.
Lord Bentinck passed the law banning Sati throughout the Company’s jurisdiction in British India.
The act was made illegal and punishable by the courts. Sati Regulation XVII A. D. 1829 of the Bengal Code:
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dec 4, 1829
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~ 196 years ago