Direct Action Day

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The Muslim League's 16 August 1946 political mobilization that became associated with massive communal violence in Calcutta.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Explanation

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Direct Action Day is a key term for understanding the collapse of late colonial trust, communal polarization, and the acceleration toward partition in Bengal.

Related Terms

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