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social reformer

Lord William Bentinck

Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck

1774–1839

Also known as: William Bentinck, Bentinck

How Lord William Bentinck is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 1 other work , including Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj .

In Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj : Bentinck's 4 December 1829 regulation abolishing suttee is the third current of the watershed era — Sastri quotes the regulation verbatim and treats it as the moment Ram Mohan Roy's campaign was translated into colonial law.

Mentioned in (2)

Primary works (2)

  • The State of the Nation · 1982
  • Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Bangosamaj · 1904
    • "Lord William Bentinck's abolition of suttee by regulation on 4 December 1829" · the legislative culmination of the anti-suttee campaign — colonial law catching up with Roy's reform
    • "Lord Bentinck's suttee abolition regulation of 4 December 1829 is quoted verbatim" · Sastri reproduces the regulation in full — treats it as a foundational document of the Bengal Renaissance