Which place completes this sentence about Barisal Division? After 1666, when Mughal naval forces cleared the Meghna estuary of such external threats, the ______ interior lay ripe for colonization.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Barisal
Barisal Division is in south-central Bangladesh, a region of forests, rivers and marshland. Piracy by Arakanese and renegade Portuguese seamen had held back the Mughal governors, but after 1666 Mughal naval forces cleared the Meghna estuary, leaving the Barisal interior open to colonization by land developers.
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