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How Bombay plague resulted in the Epidemic Act and triggered a sense of nationalist resistance

January 12, 2022 2:26 pm

The most far-reaching impact of the plague was upon the political atmosphere of the country. It had also become a pretext for an assault on the rising political consciousness among Indians in the early 20th century.

How smallpox cleared the way for European occupation of the Americas

January 08, 2022 9:11 am

Smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, typhoid, typhus, and the venereal diseases were among those that were introduced by the European settlers. For native Americans, these were new and terrifying experiences.

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Black Death: How Jews were blamed for the plague and massacred

January 08, 2022 9:01 am

What was a medical phenomenon soon turned into a socio-political one, with many chroniclers struggling to decide if more Jews died due to the plague or the persecutions against them.

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Black death: The great plague that killed millions, and feudalism

January 08, 2022 9:04 am

In Europe though, the catastrophic plague eventually played out to be a boon for some -- the serfs who were legally committed to providing labour to landlords in exchange for allowing them to live and work in their lands.