Consider the following statements 1 Frontal attack launched by the enlightened Indian reformers led ...........

Modern Indian History Socio-religious reform Movements

Consider the following statements:

1. Frontal attack launched by the enlightened Indian reformers led by Dayanand Sarawati, government declared the practice of sati illegal and punishable by criminal courts as culpable homicide.

2. The regulation of 1829 was applicable in the first instance to Bengal Presidency alone.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

Abolition of Sati Influenced by the frontal attack launched by the enlightened Indian reformers led by Raja Rammohan Roy, the government declared the practice of sati illegal and punishable by criminal courts as culpable homicide. The regulation of 1829 (Regulation XVII, A.D. 1829 of the Bengal Code) was applicable in the first instance to Bengal Presidency alone, but was extended in slightly modified forms to Madras and Bombay Presidencies in 1830.