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In 1896, Ernest Hanbury Hankin, a British Bacteriologist, Chemist, came out with a fi nding that the Indian rivers, Ganges and Jamuna could actually restrict the outbreak of cholera a nd in fact the waters could destroy the Cholera bacteria. He was the first to detect the bacteriophage activity and its presence in the river waters of Ganges and Jamuna. A startling discovery when the whole world was saying the river waters of Ganges were the most polluted. link . In his own words "It is seen that the unboiled water of the Ganges kills the cholera germ in less than 3 hours. The same water, when boiled, does not have the same effect. On the other hand, well water is a good medium for this microbe, whether boiled or filtered." This was mentioned even by Mark Twain in his More Tramps Abroad. Recently microbiology researchers from Chandigarh's I n stitute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), studied the healing properties of Ganges water at its upper reaches and found bacter...