Some people called it âthe cripplerâ. A shot in the dark. Polio is a devastating disease; the preferred method for fighting it is vaccination. Yet there is a mass of historic evidence that suggests it is not caused by a virus but by industrial and agricultural pollution.
RELATIVE LOCATION: India is positioned on the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia, and is located in both the eastern and northern hemispheres. India bordered by the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar, Indian Ocean, and the countries of Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) .
Europe and India to 1760. In the 18th century the population of Europe was in the region of 180 million, and the population of India was in the region of 200 million. In the early part of the 18th century the Moghul Empire in India was splitting into its constituent parts. There were wars in India between Muslim and Hindu states, as there were wars in Europe between Protestant and Catholic states.