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Mass Exodus Of Workers That Changed 'Bombay' During During 1896 Plague | ABP Uncut

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Heart-wrenching pictures of migrant labourers have come out of Mumbai, showing an exodus of workers during the COVID-19 lockdown. A similar tragedy had struck the city in 1896, bringing Mumbai (then Bombay) to a grinding halt and decimating its population, prompting migrant workers to flee the plague-marred zone. In fact, workers were offered high wages and bonuses but even these incentives could not stop their exodus. Here's a detailed report on how the exodus of migrant workers unfolded during the Bombay Plague of 1996.

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