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Source: [11] A regulation for declaring the practice of sati, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punishable by the criminal courts, passed by the governor-general in council on 4 December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1236 Bengal era; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati; the 8th Aughun 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Events in the year 1829 in India ... Measures against Thuggee and sati (practice) are introduced. [1] 4 December – Bengal ...
Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.
The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are: Sativrata, an uncommon and seldom used term, [19] denotes the woman who makes a vow , to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. Satimata denotes a venerated widow who committed sati. [20]
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English was also introduced by the Bengal government in the Calcutta Madrasa in 1829; Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835) Abolition of the provincial courts of appeal and circuit set by Cornwallis, appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit; Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh
It was established to protest against Raja Ram Mohan Roy's initiative to abolish the Sati System, and he wrote fiercely against it. He was the Secretary of the Dharma Sabha, till his death. The chief objective of this Sabha was to prevent the law which would abolish the Sati System. It also aimed at establishing a more conservative form of ...
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