Direct Action Day riots

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The Direct Action Day riots were a massive outbreak of communal violence in Calcutta in August 1946, primarily between Hindus and Muslims, that marked a critical escalation in the tensions leading up to the partition of India.

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Calcutta riots of 1946 1
Direct Action Day riots canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communal riot ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
mass violence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Calcutta riots of 1946 ⓘ
Great Calcutta Killings ⓘ
calledBy Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
casualties thousands injured ⓘ
cause Muslim League call for Direct Action Day ⓘ
communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims ⓘ
failure of the Cabinet Mission Plan ⓘ
political deadlock over independence and partition ⓘ
chiefMinisterOfBengalAtTime Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ⓘ
commemoratedAs Direct Action Day ⓘ
country India (pre-independence) ⓘ
linked to: British India
deathTollEstimate over 4,000 people killed ⓘ
displacement tens of thousands displaced ⓘ
endDate 1946-08-19 ⓘ
followedBy Bihar riots of 1946 ⓘ
Noakhali riots ⓘ
widespread communal violence in 1946–1947 ⓘ
governorAtTime Frederick Burrows ⓘ
historicalSignificance major turning point before Partition of India ⓘ
one of the deadliest riots in pre-independence India ⓘ
impact sharpened Hindu-Muslim polarization ⓘ
strengthened demand for partition ⓘ
undermined prospects of a united India ⓘ
involvedAuthority British colonial administration ⓘ
Calcutta police ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta Police
involvedOrganization All-India Muslim League ⓘ
Indian National Congress ⓘ
location Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
mainParticipants Hindus ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
month August 1946 ⓘ
organizedBy All-India Muslim League (for Direct Action Day) ⓘ
partOf Indian independence movement ⓘ
events leading to Partition of India ⓘ
perpetrators Hindu mobs ⓘ
Muslim mobs ⓘ
politicalContext demand for Pakistan ⓘ
end of British colonial rule in India ⓘ
precededBy Cabinet Mission negotiations ⓘ
relatedEvent Independence of India in 1947 ⓘ
Partition of India ⓘ
religiousNature communal ⓘ
startDate 1946-08-16 ⓘ
target Hindu civilians ⓘ
Muslim civilians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Calcutta Killings → alsoKnownAs → Direct Action Day riots ⓘ
Direct Action Day riots → alsoKnownAs → Calcutta riots of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Direct Action Day riots