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Roop Kanwar

Indian widow

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act of sati

  • Sati (suttee)
    In sati: Prohibition

    …incident is the case of Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old widow and member of the Rajput community who committed sati in 1987 in the village of Deorala, Rajasthan. The incident was highly controversial; indeed, groups throughout India either publicly defended Kanwar’s actions or declared that she had been murdered. Her death…

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