Vol. 6, Issue 10, Part P (2020)

Abstract
There have been three great world pandemics of plagues in recorded history, in 541, in 1347, in 1894 CE, causing innumerable deaths of humans and animals across the globe. History always preserves a record of the past and the present corona virus has given us another opportunity to go back into the past and try and analyse the causes and consequences of a pandemic. We have all been witness to two years of reeling under the effects of the pandemic. Very few people were spared from its snare. Many people lost their lives to it. This paper attempts to trace the history of the major pandemics of the past, the symptoms and to analyse the response of the people and the government.