HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Suppression of the organized bands of thugs
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Abolition of slavery
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Removal of disabilities due to change of religion
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Abolition of Sati
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Detailed explanation-1: -Raja Ram Mohan Roy and other social reformers were constantly making efforts to stop the evil practice of Sati. Bentinck agreed to these efforts and passed a law in 1829 to ban the practice of Sati.
Detailed explanation-2: -Economic Reform The allowances of those officers who were posted within a radius of six hundred miles from Calcutta were reduced to half. To reduce the expenditure further, Bentinck appointed Indians 4m the services because they could be paid lower salaries. (b) He abolished the Provincial Circuit Courts of appeal.
Detailed explanation-3: -He has been credited for significant social and educational reforms in India, including abolishing sati, forbidding women to witness the cremations on the ghats of Varanasi, suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice.