1881–1896 cholera pandemic

Period

January 1881 – December 1896

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The fifth cholera pandemic (1881–1896) was the fifth major international outbreak of cholera in the 19th century. The endemic origin of the pandemic, as with those of its predecessors, was in the Ganges Delta in West Bengal. While the Vibrio cholerae bacteria had not been able to spread to western Europe until the 19th century, faster and improved modes of modern transportation, such as steamships and railways, reduced the duration of the journey considerably and facilitated the transmission of cholera and other infectious diseases. During the fourth 1863–1875 cholera pandemic, the third International Sanitary Conference convened in 1866 in Constantinople had identified religious pilgrimages to be "the most powerful of all causes" of cholera and again Hindu and Muslim pilgrimages were an important factor in the spread of the disease.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. AD 427Nalanda mahavihara
2. AD 499Aryabhatiya
3. 1757Battle of Plassey
4. January 1881 – December 18961881–1896 cholera pandemicThis page
5. 1971Bangladesh Liberation War

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