Question

In which year was the practice of sati abolished in India by Lord William Bentinck?
A.1800
B.1856
C. 1877
D. 1829

Answer 1

Hint: Lord William Bentinck was Governor General of India between 1828 and 1835.He is also known for other social reforms such as suppression of Thugi and infanticide.

Complete answer:
Option A:In the 1800s the British rule in India became to be known as “the raj '' and Lord Wellesley was the governor general who introduced Subsidiary alliance.Therefore,Option A is not the correct answer.

Option B:1856-Lord Dalhousie was the governor general and the HIndu Widow Remarriage act was passed.some Indian reformers like Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar have supported this bill.Young Brahmin girls of Calcutta had also supported this act.But the orthodx Hindus opposed the act because the people of India were politically modern but socially orthodox.Therefore,option B is not the correct answer.

Option C:In 1877, Delhi Durbar was held at the Red Fort and Delhi was ready to welcome Queen Victoria assuming the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India.She was welcomed with complete pop and show.Therefore,Option C is not the correct answer.

Option D:Under Lord WIlliam Bentinck in 1829,sati was abolished along with other cruel rites.Sati was the practice of the immolation of Hindu women on the death of her husband in his funeral pyre.Therefore,Option D is the correct answer.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: Raja Rammohan Roy was an outspoken campaigner against sati.He argued that the vedas and other ancient hindu scriptures did not sanction sati.Lord William Bentinck helped Raja Rammohan Roy to suppress many other prevalent social evils like polygamy,child marraige and femaile infanticide.