Direct Action Day
1946 · Event
Muslim League-called day of protest sparks Calcutta riots.
On these timelines: Partition of India, Master, India, Gandhi's Road to Independence
More from Partition of India
- Pakistan independence (1947)
- Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1948)
- Partition violence and population exchange (1947)
- Nehru's 'Tryst with Destiny' (1947)
- Radcliffe Line drawn (1947)
- The Indian Independence Act passes (1947)
- The Lahore Resolution demands Pakistan (1940)
- Attlee sets a deadline for leaving India (1947)
Around 1946
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- World War II (1939)