Scrolls & Leaves: World History Podcast
Bonus Episode: When Plague Hit Bombay feat. Taragini Sriraman
September 16, 2020
In Chatroom #2, we'll visit Bombay Presidency at the turn of the 20th century. The port city was a major economic hub, so, when rats onboard ships from Hong Kong carried bubonic plague into Bombay in August 1896, the British Raj reacted vehemently to tamp it down.
India
Epic histories from the Indian subcontinent, through the eyes of the marginalized. Hear about ruthless emperors, cunning corporations that colonized half the world, a world-renowned sci-fi writer who stumbled on a treasure ship, and other stories from his
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