Question

Who declared 'Sati' illegal?

• A. Warren Hastings
• B. William Bentick
• C. Cornwallis
• D. Curzon

Answer 1

Answer:

B. William Bentick

Raja Ram Mohan Roy strongly opposed Sati system. He appealed to William Bentick, the then Governor of Bengal to ban sati practice in British India and Sati System was banned under provision 17 of 1829, and ordered the court to file a case as culpable Homicide and punish them.