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    Question

    Who has abolished the system of Sati Pratha in India in

    which a widow immolates herself on her husband's funeral pyre? 
    A Lord Curzon Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Lord Mountbatten Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Lord William Bentinck Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Lord Rippon Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of British ruled India abolished the system of Sati, an ancient practice in which a woman immolates herself on her husband pyre. Raja Ram Mohan Roy helped him to stop this wicked act. 

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