Question

Sati Prohibition was passed in the year _______
A)1795
B)1805
C)1829
D)1860

Answer 1

Hint: ‘Sati Pratha’ or Suttee was practised among the Hindus which involved the burning and burying alive of the widows on the funeral pyre of their deceased husbands.

Complete answer: The condition of widows in British India was bad and of complete misery. The system of Sati was prevalent in India and can be traced back to the 4th Century BC. The practice of “Jauhar” that is referred to as collective suicide of the widows, in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was also prevalent. Under East India Company rule, the Bengal Sati Regulation was passed by Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, who retaliated the practice of Sati in India. Various Christian Missionaries were against the Sati practice. In 1829, the Bengal Provincial Government banned the practice, which was later followed by the other Princely States. The term ‘Sati’ means a virtuous woman, it was interpreted that a woman ( widow) deserved to be honoured if she gave up herself by burning.
In 1987, the commission of Sati Prevention Act was in force, which prohibited the act of Sati and its glorification within Indian territory.
Options A, B and D can be easily eliminated.
Therefore, option C is correct.

Note: According to Hindus the daughter of Daksha was Sati. Daksha wanted to humiliate his son-in-law, so he hosted a ceremony but did not invite his son-in-law. Upset and outraged by her husband's insult, Sati set herself on fire and was reduced to ashes after self-immolating.