WebWe learn with surprise and grief, that while this is confessed on all hands, the abolition of the practice of suttee is attempted to be defended on the ground that there is no positive law or precept enjoining it: a doctrine derived from a number of Hindoos, who have apostatized from the religion of their forefathers, who have defiled themselves by eating and drinking … WebApr 12, 2024 · Sati (or ‘suttee’) was a Hindu custom where widows were expected to be burned alive along with the corpse of their recently deceased husband. ... In 1802, Carey sent people out to document the practice of Sati in Calcutta (where he lived), and in a single year they recorded 438 widow-burnings in that city alone.

Bentinck: Humanitarian and Imperialist—the Abolition of Suttee

WebDec 4, 2024 · A Brief History. On December 4, 1829, the British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, representative of the King of the United Kingdom in India, made a ruling that was vehemently opposed by local Indian people (presumably men) that made the traditional practice of suttee (also known as sati) illegal. This practice being outlawed … Websuttee. The former Indian custom of a widow burning herself to death either on the funeral pyre of her dead husband or soon after his death is called suttee. The practice possibly had links with the ancient belief that a man needed his companions in the afterlife as well as in life. During the medieval period, widows in traditional Hindu ... festés számokkal

Rev. James Peggs and the Campaign to Outlaw Sati in India

WebA regulation for declaring the practice of suttee, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punish-able by the criminal courts. Passed by the governor-general in council on the 4th December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1936 Bengal era\; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli\; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati\; the 8th ... WebEven after Bentinck's legislation, the practice continued to fire the western imagination. Jules Verne (1828-1905),for example, uses it as a major plot device in his internationally … WebThe purpose of this research is to examine the practice of suttee (sati), or the burning of Indian widows upon the deaths of their husbands. The plan of the research will be to set forth the cultural and religious context in which suttee was practiced in India from ancient times, and then to discuss when and how it was outlawed in the 1800s in ... festés számok szerint auchan