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• Myth of Sati
  ...efforts of Hindu reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy outlawed this custom in 1829. ...number of Sati incidences. In general, before this custom was outlawed in 1829, there were a few hundred officially recorded incidences each year. Even af
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• British rule
  ...oused his followers to fight, and they defeated and killed Yar Muhammad in 1829; but Sikhs led by Prince Sher Singh and General Ventura helped Sultan Muham ...reaching a high of 839 for the year 1818. Bentinck enacted a regulation in 1829 making burning or burying widows alive homicide. This reduced sati in Benga
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• William Carey
  ...ord Bentick, the Governor General of India, to ban the practice of Sati in 1829 (see The Sati Practice - The Timeline).
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