The first Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck died on 17 June 1839 in Paris. He is most remembered for his abolition of Sati in British India.
Along with Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Bentinck tried to suppress many superstitious practices prevalent then. Sati, the practice of widow burning, was abolished by the Bengal Sati Regulation (Regulation XVII) on 4th December 1829.
He passed the English Education Act 1835 that replaced Persian with English in the higher courts. He also advocated for Indians to be educated in the western style so that more Indians could be employed in the administration.
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