Roop Kanwar

Roopkuvarba Kanwar (c. 1969 – 4 September 1987) was a Rajput woman who was immolated at Deorala village of Sikar district in Rajasthan, India. At the time of her death, she was 18 years old and had been married for eight months to Maal Singh Shekhawat, who had died a day earlier at age 24, and had no children.

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Several thousand people attended the sati event. After her death, Roop Kanwar was hailed as a sati mata – a "sati" mother, or pure mother. The event quickly produced a public outcry in urban centres, pitting a modern Indian ideology against a traditional one. The incident led first to state level laws to prevent such incidents, then the central government's Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act.

News reports of the incident present conflicting stories about the degree to which Kanwar's death was voluntary. Some news reports claim Kanwar was forced to her death by other attendees present. At the same time, there are contradictory reports which claim that Roop Kanwar told her brother-in-law to light the pyre when she was ready, supporting the possibility that she was at least resigned to undergoing sati, if not willing.According to India Today police had said that she was forced to die with her husband by her in-laws.

The initial investigation into the case led to charges against 45 individuals for involvement in the murder, all of whom were subsequently acquitted. A subsequent high-profile investigation resulted in the arrest of numerous individuals from Deorala, believed to have attended or participated in the ceremony. Ultimately, 11 individuals, including some state politicians, were charged with the glorification of sati. However, on 31 January 2004, a special court in Jaipur acquitted all 11 accused.