Epidemics and Pandemics outbreak in India from 19th to 21th Century

Abstract

: India has witnessed a widespread of illness and viral outbreak throughout century. The diseases may spread from human to human contact, animal to human transmission. Diseases may epidemic, endemic and pandemic in nature. India is great prone to these epidemic and pandemic diseases due to large population and favorable tropical climate of the country. India also has a large disasters prone area which may cause large spreading of many epidemics after post disaster. Pandemics on the other hand, refer to the worldwide spread of diseases. Some of which causes death of million. Millions of people displaced from their home and become homeless. Epidemics or pandemics cause a great loss to Indian society.