SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -What happened? The Bengal Sati Regulation (Regulation XVII) was passed by the then Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck making the practice of Sati illegal in all of British India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s campaign against Sati was quite successful, as the Governor-General William Bentinck abolished the practice of Sati in 1829.

Detailed explanation-3: -From voluntary to forced According to ancient Hindu customs, sati symbolised closure to a marriage. It was a voluntary act in which, as a sign of being a dutiful wife, a woman followed her husband to the afterlife. It was, therefore, considered to be the greatest form of devotion of a wife towards her dead husband.