Q. In which year Sati regulation was abolished?
Answer: December, 1829
Notes: When Lord William bentinck's government had finally abolished sati by a regulation in December, 1829, Radhakanta Deb, along with his conservative Hindu friends, formed a society called dharma sabha and protested against this measure by presenting a petition to the Governor General on behalf of the orthodox section of the Hindu community.
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