Sati
Topic. Indian society . Modern history Issues related to women during colonial period Prelims Mains GS1 Sati It was a orthodox evil practice to burn widow alive on her husband's pyre without her will. This practice was largely followed by the higher classes of the society. It was William bentinck who made it a crime against humanity in 1829 and strongly supported by Rajaram Mohan Ray. It was the main achievement of British government in India to to modernise the societies of India Government of India passed an act in 1856 to enable widow remarriage and Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar had requested for making law regarding widow remarriage. Government of India tried to practice of killing women infanticide and dowry system.
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