Every citizen should obey The Epidemic Diseases Act,1897 Be healthy yourself, keep others healthy . The Epidemic Diseases Act was enacted in 1897 to combat the bubonic plague in British-occupied India in Mumbai . The law is meant to prevent pandemic diseases, to exercise controlling powers, and to control epidemics by  special powers. The Epidemic Diseases Act has been amended to apply to different regions and states. For example,the Epidemic Diseases (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1944 etc. The Epidemic Diseases Act has been extended to apply to different regions and states. For example,Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. etc. The Epidemic Diseases Act has been regularly used to prevent various diseases of India such as swine flu, cholera, malaria, dengue etc. Example- In 2018, The Epidemic Diseases Act was implemented in a region of Gujarat where cholera started to spread. In 2015, it was used to combat dengue a