In the face of fierce local opposition, British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Bentinck" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lord William Bentinck">Lord William Bentinck</a> issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets <i id="mwcQ"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suttee" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suttee">suttee</a></i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> is guilty of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpable_homicide" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Culpable homicide">culpable homicide</a>.