Question

Lord William bentick was instrumental in banning the practice of: A-widow remarriage, B-child marriage, C-Sati. if you know the correct answer so only answer this question

Answer 1

The answer to this question will be option C, 'Sati'.

• William Bentinck was the first governor-general of British India from 1834-1835.
• He has been credited for great social reform in India.
• One of his most important contributions to the region was the abolition of Sati.
• Sati was the practice of burning the widow with his husband on the same pyre.
• The Bengal Sati Regulation, or Regulation XVII, passed in 1826,  made Sati an illegal practice.
• It has been credited with improving the social status of women, however marginally, by prohibiting the evil and archaic practice.
• Thus, the answer to this question will be option C, 'Sati'.

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Answer 2

ANSWER:-. C. Sati

EXPLANATION:- 1. The East India Company ruled India at the time, and the Governor-General Lord William Bentinck enacted the Bengal Sati Regulation,1829, making the practise of sati or suttee unlawful in all Indian provinces and punishable by law.
2. The prohibition is credited with ending the practise of sati in India. It was the first significant social reform law passed by the British in India and one of Bentinck's reforms.
3. Bentinck issued the prohibition after consulting with the Army administration and discovering that there was minimal opposition to any ban.
4.He is associated with major social reform in India. The elimination of Sati was among his greatest accomplishments to the area.
5. The custom of sati involved putting the widow and her spouse on the same fire to burn them both.