Question

what was sati? why was it disbanded and who disbanded it? in which year​

Answer 1

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It was a historical practice among Hindus in Indian society where widows had to choose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands. Women who willingly died were considered as 'Sati' meaning virtuous women.

It was a historical practice among Hindus in Indian society where widows had to choose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands. Women who willingly died were considered as 'Sati' meaning virtuous women.The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829 by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck

Answer 2

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Sati or suttee[note 1] is a historical Hindu practice in which a widow sacrificed herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.[2][3][4][5] Greek sources from around 300 BCE make isolated mention of sati,[6][7][8] but it probably developed into a real fire sacrifice within the northwestern Rajput Kshatriya (warrior) varna, to which it remained limited, and became regular only after 500 CE,[9] to become wider-spread during the Muslim-era