Independence Day 2026: When the British built a 4,000-km wall across India to extort tax
· economictimes.indiatimes.com
British authorities constructed an enormous hedge across India to enforce a salt tax. This living barrier aimed to prevent smuggling of cheaper salt into high-taxed regions. The extensive system employed thousands of personnel and significant resources for its maintenance. Ultimately, administrative changes and uniform tax rates led to the hedge's abolition.
The tax that created the Great Wall of India
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From customs posts to a continental barrier
A massive bureaucratic enterprise
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