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Which of the following Governor-General is known for abolishing the Sati System in the year 1829?
Which of the following Governor-General is
known for abolishing the Sati System in the year
1829?
Sati is an obsolete funeral custom where a widow
immolates herself on her husband’s pyre or takes her own
life in another fashion shortly after her husband’s death. It
was abolished by Lord William Bentinck in the year 1829.