विलियम बेंटिंकः उस अंग्रेज की कहानी जिसने प्रथा को रोक दिया

In December 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the first Governor-General of British India, banned the practice of Sati. Sati was an 'ancient Hindu practice' in which a widowed woman was burnt alive on the pyre of her husband.