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Summary: In I988 India passed a law that made it a criminal offence to help anyone perform Sati, the ancient Hindu custom of a woman burning herself alive on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
Summary: In I988 India passed a law that made it a criminal offence to help anyone perform Sati, the ancient Hindu custom of a woman burning herself alive on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.