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Prohibition in India
FromThe History Hour
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
How Indian women in the 1990s campaigned to stop the sale of alcohol in the state of Andhra Pradesh to protect women from domestic violence and safeguard family finances. The history of America's healthcare system, how the UN was eventually persuaded to apologise for the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti and the horror of being caught up in one of the most notorious hi-jackings of the 1970s, plus the birth of Reddit, one the world's most successful websites.
Photo A shop selling alcohol in India. Credit Getty.
Photo A shop selling alcohol in India. Credit Getty.
Released:
Sep 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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