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Deorala is a village in the Sikar district of Rajasthan, India. Deorala is a village in the Shekhawati region. It is located near Amarsar which was the capital of Maharao Shekhaji, precursor of all Shekhawat rajputs. Deorala (or Divrala) became infamous because of the Sati incident that took place on 4 September 1987.〔Deorala Episode: Women's Protest in Rajasthan Sharada Jain, Nirja Misra and Kavita Srivastava Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 22, No. 45 (Nov. 7, 1987), pp. 1891+1893-1894 (article consists of 3 pages) Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4377696〕 ==Sati== The victim was a well educated 17-year-old woman named Roop Kanwar, who was a resident of the village and whose husband, Mal Singh Shekhawat, had died of disease the previous day. While many details remain unclear, many claim that she took the decision to follow the ancient custom and died on the funeral pyre of her husband, while the general feeling is that she was forced by the villagers on to the pyre, perhaps after having been given some sedatives. After she had burnt to death, the place was converted into a memorial and thousands of people from surrounding regions started visiting it, though afterwards the area was sealed in order not to promote sati as a legitimate action, and to prevent similar incidents happening in the future. Although family members and others were arrested following this incident, they were finally acquitted.〔Accused in Deorala `sati' case acquitted http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/01/stories/2004020101110700.htm〕〔`Sati' and the verdict http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2105/stories/20040312002504600.htm〕 Many are not fully satisfied with the judgement.〔Abraham, Susan.: The Deorala Judgement Glorifying Sati" by Susan Abraham. The Lawyers Collective. 12(6); June, 1997. p.4-12. http://www.womenstudies.in/elib/sati/sa_the_deorala.pdf〕 Women's organizations pressurized the government to reopen the case 〔HC orders reopening of Deorala sati case http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-08-07/open-space/27153961_1_sati-case-roop-kanwar-deorala〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deorala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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