Sardar’s war on plague propped him as able leader

Covid-19 pandemic has hit Ahmedabad the hardest in Gujarat but it’s not the first pandemic battled by the city. The erstwhile textile hub has survived plague and influenza (Spanish Flu) in the past 100 years. In fact, it was the handling of plague by Vallabhbhai Patel that marked his foray into public life much before he became ‘Sardar.’ The recently-published book ‘The Age of Pandemics’ by Chinmay Tumbe, assistant professor of economics at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) gives an insight into the early 20th century plague pandemic in Ahmedabad and response of the then administration.

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