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Q. For the first time, female infanticide was prohibited by which Governor-General?
Answer: Lord John Shore
Notes: Via the Bengal Regulation XXI of 1795, Female infanticide was declared murder by John Shore, the Governor General of Bengal. This was preceded as well as followed by attempts to stop it by reforming public opinion. Sir John Shore, who had a strong evangelical faith, had passed this regulation against the practice of female infanticide among the Rajas of Jaunpur / Banares.

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