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  2. Sati (practice) - Wikipedia

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    The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are: Sativrata, an uncommon and seldom used term, [19] denotes the woman who makes a vow , to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. Satimata denotes a venerated widow who committed sati. [20]

  3. Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 - Wikipedia

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    Source: [11] A regulation for declaring the practice of sati, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punishable by the criminal courts, passed by the governor-general in council on 4 December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1236 Bengal era; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati; the 8th Aughun 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 ...

  4. Rain (Soyou and Baekhyun song) - Wikipedia

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    On February 6, 2017, Soyou and Baekhyun were announced by Starship Entertainment to be collaborating on a duet titled "Rain". [3] [4] The song reflects the melancholic feelings of nostalgia that accompanies the rain after a relationship comes to an end. [5] On February 9, a teaser video of the two singers recording the song was released. [6]

  5. Sati (Hindu goddess) - Wikipedia

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    Sati (/ ˈ s ʌ t iː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. ' truthful' or 'virtuous '), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.

  6. Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Wikipedia

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    Ram Mohan Roy was born in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency.His great-grandfather Krishnakanta Bandyopadhyay was a Rarhi Kulin (noble) Brahmin.Among Kulin Brahmins – descendants of the five families of Brahmins imported from Kannauj by Ballal Sen in the 12th century as per popular myth – those from the Rarhi district of West Bengal were notorious in the 19th century for ...

  7. Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 - Wikipedia

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    The act was created after the sati of Roop Kanwar in 1987 and applied to all of India except for Jammu and Kashmir. The act incorporated many colonial suppositions about the practice of sati, with the first paragraph of the preamble of the Act copying the opening lines of Lord William Bentinck’s Bengal Sati Regulation , or Regulation XVII of ...

  8. Category:Songs about weather - Wikipedia

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    Rain (Madonna song) Rain (Sid song) Rain (SWV song) Rain (Beatles song) Rain (The Script song) Rain and Snow; Rain Is a Good Thing; Rain on Me (Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song) Rain on the Roof (song) Rain on Your Parade; Rain Rain Go Away; Rain, Rain, Rain; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; Raining on Sunday; Rainy Days and Mondays; Rainy ...

  9. 17 Days (song) - Wikipedia

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    "17 Days (the rain will come down, then U will have 2 choose. If U believe look 2 the dawn and U shall never lose.) " is a song by Prince and the Revolution , and was released as the B-side of Prince's single " When Doves Cry " from Purple Rain .