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GK QUESTION#2781

Which Governor-General enacted a law against the practice of Sati in 1829?

  1. ALord Minto I
  2. BLord Wellesley
  3. CLord William BentinckCorrect answer
  4. DWarren hasting
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C. Lord William Bentinck

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Lord William Bentinck enacted the law against Sati in 1829. Rammohan Roy had campaigned against the practice, in which a widow was burned on her husband’s funeral pyre.

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