Which Governor General abolished the 'Sati System' in India?
Lord Wiliam Bentinck
The Sati System was abolished by Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General of Bengal (1828–1835), through Regulation XVII of 1829, which declared sati a punishable offence (culpable homicide).
The reform was strongly supported by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The other options served much later and are linked to different events: Lord Dalhousie (Doctrine of Lapse), Lord Canning (1857 Revolt, first Viceroy), and Lord Ripon (local self-government, Ilbert Bill).
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