Tag: Direct Action Day
‘NAKED, BUTCHERED BODIES OF HINDU WOMEN WERE HUNG AT BEEF SHOPS IN KOLKATA’: DIRECT ACTION DAY SURVIVOR RECALLS THE HORROR FROM 1946
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… Read More