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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2017 — General Studies · Question 36 of 200

Q36
History of India
The custom of 'Sati' was banned through legislation in the year
  1. a.1795
  2. b.1800
  3. c.1829
  4. d.1858

Answer: (C) 1829

Lord William Bentinck's Regulation XVII of 1829 legally banned the practice of Sati in British India, following sustained advocacy by reformers like Raja Rammohan Roy.

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