TIL, in 1987, Roop Kanwar - an 18yo newly married girl was allegedly forced to burn herself in a religious self-sacrifice act of 'Sati (Hinduism)' after her husbands unexpected death in Rajasthan, India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_Kanwar
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