​In which of the following years was Sati, the practice of widow-burning, banned in India?​

Correct option is D

• A Hindu widow would perform a ritual known as Sati Pratha in which she would burn herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre.
• The then-Governor-General Lord William Bentinck signed the Bengal Sati Regulation on December 4, 1829, outlawing the practice of sati in all areas under British rule.
• The legislation referred to Sati practice as abhorrent to human nature's sensibilities.
• The most well-known sati event occurred in Rajasthan in 1987 when Roop Kanwar, age 18, was set afire and died.