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When the British built a 4,000-km wall of thorns across India to tax a kitchen ingredient

The Great Hedge of India was a 4,000-km network of thorny bushes, trees, brushwood, customs posts, and patrol routes built by the British to tax a kitchen ingredient in India.

Hindustan Times India 26/8/2026, 12:28:22 pm IST AI summary

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