The Disease Moves Across India

The First Cholera Pandemic: How the Disease Spread Across India

Cholera was no longer confined to Bengal. As soldiers marched, merchants traveled, pilgrims gathered, and boats moved along India's rivers, the disease found countless pathways into new communities.

But how did a local outbreak become a much larger epidemic—and why couldn't doctors explain what was really causing it?

Listen to the full episode until the end to uncover how cholera spread across India and why the mystery remained unsolved.

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