Complete the sentence about Barisal Division with the correct year: After ______, when Mughal naval forces cleared the Meghna estuary of such external threats, the Barisal interior lay ripe for colonization.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D. 1666

Barisal Division lies in the south-central part of Bangladesh. Piracy by Arakanese and renegade Portuguese seamen long kept Mughal governors out of its forests, but after 1666 the Mughal navy cleared the Meghna estuary of these threats and the interior was open to colonization by land developers.

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