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Abolishment of Sati

Afonso de Alburquieque, the second Governor of the Portugese India passed a government decree passed in the year 1510, abolishing the practice of sati. Later the 20th Governor of the Portugese India, Constantino de Bragança, in 1560 banned not just sati but also held the act of abetment of sati as punishable.

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