Practice of "sati" was banned in India in ______.
a). 1847
b). 1819
c). 1857
d). 1829

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The correct answer is d).1829

The practice of sati (a widow immolating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre) was banned in 1829 by Governor-General Lord William Bentinck through the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 (Regulation XVII). This law—strongly supported by Raja Ram Mohan Roy—declared sati illegal and punishable as culpable homicide, and the ban was soon extended to other presidencies. The reform marked a major step in social and legal change during British rule, safeguarding the right to life and dignity of widows.

Why the other years are incorrect:

1819 / 1847 / 1857: No all-India legal ban on sati was enacted in these years. (1857 is the year of the revolt, not the reform.)

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