The Great Hedge of Bengal: A Wall of Thorns That Split a Province
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In the late 1800s, the British government of India built something extraordinary: a 2,500-mile-long hedge of thorny plants and ditches, stretching across the subcontinent, designed to stop salt smuggling and tax evasion. This episode of The History of Bangladesh follows the forgotten history of the Great Hedge — how it rose from the British Raj's customs wars, how it snaked through the Bengal delta, and why it ultimately failed. Weaving in the voices of the people who lived beside it, from smugglers to customs officers, Lucas and Luna explore what it meant to draw a line through the land, the riverine geography that made it impossible, and the strange legacy it left in the Bengal landscape. It's a story about borders, bureaucracy, and the stubbornness of rivers and people alike.
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