Deorala
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Deorala is a village in the Sikar district of Rajasthan, India.
Deorala (or Divrala) is infamous for the Sati incident that took place here on 4 September 1987. The victim was a 17 year old woman named Roop Kanwar, a resident of the village. Her husband, Mal Singh Shekhawat was a driver by profession. He had died in a road accident. The rest of the details are not clearly known, as 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.
