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  2. Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Sati (practice) - Wikipedia

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    The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 appears to be facing its greatest challenge on the aspect of the law which penalises the glorification of Sati in Section 2 of this Act: "(i) The observance of any ceremony or the taking out of a procession in connection with the commission of Sati; or

  4. Timeline of human sacrifices - Wikipedia

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    1829: Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 prohibited sacrifice of wives in British India. 1838: In a last human sacrifice among the Pawnee tribe, Haxti, a 14-year-old Oglala Lakota girl was killed. [51] 1839: Eighty women were strangled to accompany the spirits of their husbands to the next world in Viwa Island in Fiji. [52]

  5. 1829 in India - Wikipedia

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    4 December – Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829; References This page was last edited on 21 August 2024, at 10:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  6. Lord William Bentinck - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Superstition in India - Wikipedia

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    Sati is the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband. [15] After watching the Sati of his own sister-in-law, Ram Mohan Roy began campaigning for abolition of the practice in 1811. The practice of Sati was abolished by Governor General Lord William Bentinck in British India in ...

  8. List of governors-general of India - Wikipedia

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    Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829; Suppression of Thuggee (1829–1835) Kol Rebellion (1831) Barasat Uprising (1831), led by Titumir; Annexation of Mysore (1831), Coorg (1834), and central Cachar (1834) Charter Act 1833 (administrative reforms as well as formalising the non-discrimination in employment of Indians by religion)

  9. List of major acts and legislation during the presidency of ...

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    An Act creating three (3) additional Shari'a Judicial Districts and twelve (12) Shari'a Circuit Courts therein, and appropriating funds therefor, amending for the purpose Articles 138, 147, and 150 of Presidential Decree No. 1083, otherwise known as the "Code of Muslim Personal Laws in the Philippines [84]", as amended, and the relevant ...