alleryWhich childhood event shaped Roy's opposition to a custom?
AWitnessing a revolt in Patna
BLosing his father in a famine
CHis sister-in-law dying by sati
DWatching a temple destroyed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. His sister-in-law dying by sati
1. As a child Roy witnessed his sister-in-law being forced onto a pyre.
2. This was a death through sati.
3. It fits his later campaign against sati.
_Source: Wikipedia, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Early life (1772-1796)_
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