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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 ...
Opposition to the practice of sati by evangelists like Carey, and by Hindu reformers such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy ultimately led the British Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck to enact the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, declaring the practice of burning or burying alive of Hindu widows to be punishable by the criminal courts.
The Saint Helena Act 1833, also called the Charter Act of 1833, was passed during Bentinck's tenure and, accordingly, the monopoly of the East India Company in china was abolished,In India it was extended for further next 20 years. The Governor-General of Bengal became the Governor-General of India.
The existing Council of Four was formally renamed as the Council of Governor-General of India or Executive Council of India. The Council of India was later abolished by Government of India Act 1935. Following the adoption of the Government of India Act of 1858, the Governor-General representing the Crown became known as the Viceroy. The ...
The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act 1856, also Act XV, 1856, passed on 16 July 1856, legalised the remarriage of widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule. The law was enacted on 26 July 1856. [1] It was drafted by Lord Dalhousie and passed by Lord Canning before the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Warren Hastings FRS (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785.
Major-general Sir William Henry Sleeman KCB (8 August 1788 – 10 February 1856) was a British soldier and administrator in British India.He is best known for his work from the 1830s in suppressing the organized criminal gangs known as Thuggee.
c. 85) or Saint Helena Act 1833, created the post of Governor-General of India; Government of India Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), India came under direct crown rule from the British East India Company; Government of India Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 4) or Indian Councils Act 1909, brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in ...