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Which Governor-General promulgated the ban on sati in British India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which law is called the first major social reform legislation by the British in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Hindu reformer was among the leaders campaigning to end sati?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the staunch conservative Hindu opposition to the sati ban?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1987 law repealed and superseded the Bengal Sati Regulation?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1829 regulation held those aiding sati guilty of which offence?Read the answer and worked solution →The regulation said sati is nowhere enjoined by Hindu religion as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the 1829 regulation, landholders had to report an intended sati to whom?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act legalise widow remarriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the most prominent campaigner for the widow remarriage law?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the 1856 Act, what did a remarrying widow give up?Read the answer and worked solution →The title Vidyasagar given to Ishwar Chandra means what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which district's village of Birsingha was Vidyasagar born in 1820?Read the answer and worked solution →Vidyasagar was associated as secretary with which girls' school in Calcutta?Read the answer and worked solution →By what popular name is the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 known?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1929 Act first fixed the minimum marriage age at what for girls and boys?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which Governor-General promulgated the ban on sati in British India?

  1. Lord Dalhousie
  2. Lord Bentinck
  3. Lord Canning
  4. Lord Cornwallis
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Correct answer: B. Lord Bentinck

1. The ban of 1829 was made under East India Company rule. 2. It was promulgated by Governor-General Lord William Bentinck. 3. Dalhousie and Canning are linked with the 1856 widow remarriage law. _Source: Wikipedia, Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, Lead section_

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Which law is called the first major social reform legislation by the British in India?

  1. Widows' Remarriage Act
  2. Child Marriage Restraint Act
  3. Bengal Sati Regulation
  4. Sati (Prevention) Act
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Correct answer: C. Bengal Sati Regulation

1. The source calls the sati ban the first major British social reform law. 2. The Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856 followed it. 3. The 1987 Sati (Prevention) Act and 1929 Act are much later. _Source: Wikipedia, Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, Lead section_

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Which Hindu reformer was among the leaders campaigning to end sati?

  1. Radhakanta Deb
  2. Jyotirao Phule
  3. B.G. Tilak
  4. Ram Mohan Roy
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Correct answer: D. Ram Mohan Roy

1. Campaigners included Christian evangelists such as William Carey. 2. Hindu reformers such as Ram Mohan Roy also led the campaign. 3. Radhakanta Deb led the opposition to the ban. _Source: Wikipedia, Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, Lead section_

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