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Who Abolished Sati Pratha?

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Sati Pratha was legally abolished by Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General of Bengal, through the Bengal Sati Regulation Act of 1829 (Regulation XVII of 1829), enacted on 4 December 1829.

  • Declared Sati illegal and punishable as culpable homicide
  • The abolition was directly influenced by the sustained campaigning of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • Initially applied to Bengal Presidency; extended to Bombay and Madras in 1830
  • The Privy Council in London upheld the ban in 1832
Role Person
Social reformer who campaigned against Sati Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Governor-General who enacted the legal ban Lord William Bentinck