Direct Action Day
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Direct Action Day was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using general strikes and economic shut down to demand a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit fro
Dead and wounded after the Direct Action Day which developed into pitched battles as Muslim and Hindu mobs rioted across Calcutta in 1946, the year before independence
The crowd at the Muslim League rally at the Maidan.
More than 300 Oriya labourers of Kesoram Cotton Mills were massacred in the slums of Lichubagan, Metiabruz.
Corpses litter the narrow streets of Calcutta after four days of rioting in August 1946, as vultures feed on the remains.
The Bengal Files
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The Bengal Files is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language political drama propaganda film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. It presents a storyline focused on the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riot
Direct Action Day
…police did little or nothing. The deaths were estimated at between 1,000 and 2,000. Released on 5th September, 2025, Director Vivek Agnihotri's film, The Bengal Files, picturises the events of Direct Action Day and the communal violence in Bengal. The film explores the tragedy of the Great Calcutta Killings and…
Theatrical release poster