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Suttee
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A Hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband, a term applied to the practice itself. The practice was of very ancient date, but the custom was proclaimed illegal in 1829 under Lord William Bentinck's administration, and it is now very seldom that a widow seeks to violate the law. In 1823, in Bengal alone, 575 widows gave themselves to be so burned, of whom 109 were above sixty, 226 above forty, 209 above twenty, and 32 under twenty.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Suttee'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/suttee.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Suttee'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/suttee.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
