Vic's Weekend News 2016 Dec 4

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…On this day in 1829 in the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issued a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. When local Hindu priests complained vigorously to a local official Charles Napier gave his famous quote…

See the quote, and the rest of Vic's early morning news report, at the link.