The Roop Kanwar sati incident (1987) in Rajasthan occurred in which village?

Explanation

The location to remember is Deorala in Sikar district, not a larger Rajasthan city. Indian Kanoon, in a Rajasthan High Court matter titled Renuka vs State of Rajasthan, records that the public-interest litigation arose from the incident of 4 September 1987 in village Deorala, District Sikar, in which Smt. Roop Kanwar committed sati with the dead body of her husband. The same document notes the State Government's condemnation of the act and its assurance that it would not support glorification. The standard exam linkage is the later Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, which made support and glorification of sati a criminal offence.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Bikaner is wrong because the court record fixes the incident at Deorala village in Sikar district.
• (C) Jodhpur is wrong because the incident is specifically recorded as having taken place in Deorala, District Sikar.
• (D) Jaisalmer is wrong because the 1987 Roop Kanwar incident occurred in Deorala, District Sikar, not there.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan social history and the legal response to harmful customary practices. It recurs in RAS because the Deorala incident links a precise Rajasthan location with the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987.

Source

• Indian Kanoon

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