Some Epidemiological Features of Plague in Bengal with Special Reference to Calcutta
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No detailed information regarding pestilences in Bengal is available before the Mohammedan period. Farishta, a contemporary of Akbar, mentions the occurrence of bubonic plague in Bihar in 1548. A very devastating pestilence ravaged Gaur*, the medieval capital of Bengal, in 1573. During this epidemic ' Thousands died daily; living were wearied with burying the dead. Corpses of Hindus and Mohammedans were thrown into the swamps, the tanks and into Bhagirathi. This created the stench which only intensified the disease. The few people that survived the plague left the city, which was never again populated to any extent' (Lambourn, 1918). Akbar's General, Munim Khan, who had been specially deputed to drive away Daud Khan
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