GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I was a Social Reformer and abolished Sati system.
A
Jesus Christ
B
Guru Nanak Dev
C
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1830, Ram Mohan Roy travelled to the United Kingdom as an ambassador of the Mughal Empire to ensure that Lord William Bentinck’s Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 banning the practice of Sati was not overturned.

Detailed explanation-2: -It condemned social evils such as casteism, untouchability, child marriage and the Sati system. It was due to the efforts of Raja Ram mohan Roy that Lord William Bentick abolished Sati system in 1829 by declaring it an offence.

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