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2025-02-13 16:10:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4982D8038A7B33FC31F0C5989D0244E22070B96E0019ECEDD3B86943B760E722
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"Hard to find ANY proof of Sati" - False. NNN claims there are only ~40 in 2,625 yrs. Also false. 41 between 1947-87 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65311042 https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/sati-practice-rise-spread-abolition-india-2644905-2024-12-04 https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19871015-roop-kanwars-sati-greeted-with-shock-across-india-deorala-became-a-place-of-worship-799371-1987-10-14 1710: 47 wives of a king (two sources) https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/the-painful-spectacle-of-47-wives-of-the-ramanathapuram-king-committing-sati/article68394431.ece 1823: 575 in Bengal (East India Gazetteer, V1) http://www.laits.utexas.edu/solvyns-project/Satiart.rft.html Thousands in 13-15 yrs, 2 sources 1813-28: 8135 1815-28: 7941 https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-practice-of-sati-widow-burning
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