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- During the reformation movement in India Raja Ram Mohan Roy vigorously worked in this area.
- After his enormous efforts, the provincial government at Bengal under William Bentick in 1829 brought an act to abolish the sati system.
- Later in 1861, queen Victoria imposed an overall ban on sati in India.
- However, the Portuguese in 1515 itself had put a ban of sati in the Goa area, but a law to prevent sati was passed for the first time in 1829.
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