11. Sixth Cholera Pandemics
Death toll: 1.3 million
Year: 1899–1923
The sixth cholera pandemics broke out in India in 1899. It killed about 800,000 people there and additional 500,000 in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. Russia was especially hit hard, but not as hard as in 1852 pandemics.
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