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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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Official statistics report 3,402 Hindu widows burnt or buried alive in Calcutta and other cities from 1817 to 1821 under British rule. A principal magistrate notes the practice must continue for a few more years.
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Grand total for 1817, 707 widows: for 1818, 839; for 1819, 605; for 1820, 507; for 1821, 654.
Three thousand four hundred and two widows thus sacrificed in those five consecutive years within the British dominions!
One of the principal magistrates observes in an official letter—"For a few years more (I cannot say how many) we must be content to permit a continuance of this practice of burning"
Freeman's Journal.
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Calcutta
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Between The Years 1816 And 1822
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three thousand four hundred and two widows thus sacrificed
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The official abstract statement of the number of Hindoo widows who were burnt or buried alive in Calcutta and Cities, between the years 1816 and 1822, is as follows: Grand total for 1817, 707 widows: for 1818, 839; for 1819, 605; for 1820, 507; for 1821, 654. One of the principal magistrates observes in an official letter—"For a few years more (I cannot say how many) we must be content to permit a continuance of this practice of burning".