‘NAKED, BUTCHERED BODIES OF HINDU WOMEN WERE HUNG AT BEEF SHOPS IN KOLKATA’: DIRECT ACTION DAY SURVIVOR RECALLS THE HORROR FROM 1946

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On the 16th of August, 1946, Mohammad Ali Jinnah gave a call to fellow Muslims across India for a “Direct Action Day” on the streets of Kolkata (then Calcutta). Many provocative speeches were made and this resulted in one of the worst massacres in history – the Calcutta Killings. Sword-wielding Islamists went on a killing spree and nearly 10,000 people were killed and up to 15,000 wounded in a span of 3 days.


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  • 17 Aug 2022
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