SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Raja Rammohan Roy was a social reformer who played a significant role in abolishing Sati. It was then abolished by Lord William Bentinck, who declared Sati a punishable offence in 1829.

Detailed explanation-2: -He started a campaign for the abolition of ‘Sati System’ in which wife of the dead burned herself in the funeral pyre of her husband. He also condemned polygamy, denounced casteism, advocated the right of Hindu widows to remarry etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the social reformer, who started working for ban on sati. It was because of his efforts that, William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, passed a law in 1829 making the practices of Sati illegal & punishable by law.