<P> Under British rule , the practice was initially tolerated . In the province of Bengal , sati was attended by a colonial government official , which states historian A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed , `` not only seemed to accord an official sanction , but also increased its prestige value '' . Between 1815 and 1818 , the number of sati in Bengal province doubled from 378 to 839 . Under sustained campaigning against sati by Christian missionaries such as William Carey and Brahmin Hindu reformers such as Ram Mohan Roy , the provincial government banned sati in 1829 . This was followed up by similar laws by the authorities in the princely states of India in the ensuing decades , with a general ban for the whole of India issued by Queen Victoria in 1861 . In Nepal , sati was banned in 1920 . The Indian Sati Prevention Act from 1988 further criminalised any type of aiding , abetting , and glorifying of sati . </P>
<P> Under British rule , the practice was initially tolerated . In the province of Bengal , sati was attended by a colonial government official , which states historian A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed , `` not only seemed to accord an official sanction , but also increased its prestige value '' . Between 1815 and 1818 , the number of sati in Bengal province doubled from 378 to 839 . Under sustained campaigning against sati by Christian missionaries such as William Carey and Brahmin Hindu reformers such as Ram Mohan Roy , the provincial government banned sati in 1829 . This was followed up by similar laws by the authorities in the princely states of India in the ensuing decades , with a general ban for the whole of India issued by Queen Victoria in 1861 . In Nepal , sati was banned in 1920 . The Indian Sati Prevention Act from 1988 further criminalised any type of aiding , abetting , and glorifying of sati . </P>
who abolished the custom of sati in india
who abolished the custom of sati in india
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria