What the records say
- When
- Jan 1974 – May 1974
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 22.80° N, 83.00° E
- Description
- epidemic
- Deaths
- 31000
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1974 smallpox epidemic in India
Disease outbreak in India
The 1974 smallpox epidemic in India infected 188,000 people, leading to the deaths of 31,000 Indians.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “May smallpox epidemic in East India”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “インド、1月から5月にかけて天然痘流行、15,000人以上が死亡した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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