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The fourth cholera pandemic (1863–79) was the fourth major pandemic of cholera in the century. It began in the Ganges delta of the Bengal region from where Muslim pilgrims carried it to Mecca. That year 30000 of the 90000 Mecca pilgrims died in the epidemic. Cholera spread throughout the Middle East. It also was carried to Russia Europe Africa and North America in each case spreading from port cities and along inland waterways.