When the British gained control of India, they outlawed suttee, the custom of burning a widow alive on her husband’s funeral pyre. The British commander-in-chief in India, General Sir Charles Napier, was informed that suttee was an ancient custom with a religious basis, and that suppressing it would evoke anger. (Sound familiar?) Unimpressed, Napier replied:
Universities Disrupted: Remember General Napier
Universities Disrupted: Remember General…
Universities Disrupted: Remember General Napier
When the British gained control of India, they outlawed suttee, the custom of burning a widow alive on her husband’s funeral pyre. The British commander-in-chief in India, General Sir Charles Napier, was informed that suttee was an ancient custom with a religious basis, and that suppressing it would evoke anger. (Sound familiar?) Unimpressed, Napier replied: