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Direct Action Day

Event
Direct Action Day was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take "direct action" for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. Wikipedia
Date: August 16, 1946
Location: Kolkata
Resulted in: Partition of Bengal
Death(s): 4,000