It's a lie that Sati was Hindus standard practice
Sati was practiced very occasionally, mostly among the Ruling class, where the childless widow of the deceased king VOLUNTARY ascended the funeral pyre with him
Total no. of Sati cases in British Raj were next to negligible
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Sati was practiced very occasionally, mostly among the Ruling class, where the childless widow of the deceased king VOLUNTARY ascended the funeral pyre with him
Total no. of Sati cases in British Raj were next to negligible
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British did propaganda that how #RajaRamMohanRoy was fighting against bad practice of Sati– it hardly existed in Bengal
Sati was not a heinous practice, it was a concept of "Death before Dishonor"
Hindu women did Sati & made sure a muslim invader cannot rape her dead body
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Sati was not a heinous practice, it was a concept of "Death before Dishonor"
Hindu women did Sati & made sure a muslim invader cannot rape her dead body
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Britishers want to show India use to follow such bad practices & hide "Witch Hunting" followed in west
In 1893, Matilda Joslyn Gage in her book, "Woman, Church & State", outlines a history of oppression of women by Church, citing as evidence the burning of accused witches
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In 1893, Matilda Joslyn Gage in her book, "Woman, Church & State", outlines a history of oppression of women by Church, citing as evidence the burning of accused witches
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