Q: (SSC/0)
question_subject:
History
question_exam:
SSC
stats:
0,56,18,5,6,56,7
keywords:
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The correct answer is option 3, Lord William Bentinck. He was the Governor General of India from 1828 to 1835. During his tenure, he played a significant role in social reforms in India. One of his notable achievements was the abolition of the `Sati System`. Sati was a practice in which a widow would be expected to voluntary or forcefully immolate herself on her husband`s funeral pyre. Lord Bentinck recognized the inhumanity and injustice of this practice and took steps to eradicate it. He passed the Regulation XVII in 1829, which declared Sati illegal and punishable by law. This landmark decision was a major step towards the upliftment of women`s rights in India, and it laid the foundation for further social reforms in the country.