COOCH BEHAR: The District With the Strangest Border on Earth

Cooch Behar was a kingdom before it was a district — and its old border with Bangladesh was once tangled with over a hundred tiny enclaves, born (so legend says) from a game of chess between two kings. It took the 2015 Land Boundary Agreement to finally untangle it. In this video we cover Cooch Behar's geography, the Koch dynasty and the enclave story, its jute-and-paddy economy, Rajbanshi culture and Bhawaiya folk music, famous names like Maharani Gayatri Devi, and the landmarks worth visiting — from the Cooch Behar Palace to the Rasomancha. Chapters: 00:00 The strangest border on Earth 00:46 Where it is 01:42 Administration 02:33 History & the enclave story 03:54 Economy 04:38 Culture 05:35 People 06:18 Tourism 07:09 Recap Sources: Census of India 2011, coochbehar.gov.in, India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement 2015, Wikipedia. #CoochBehar #WestBengal #IndianDistricts #Chitmahal #CoochBeharPalace