Question

Direct Action Day was celebrated on ______.

Options

• 16 Aug 1943

• 26 Jan 1930

• 15 Aug 1947

• 16 Aug 1946

Answer 1

Direct Action Day was celebrated on 16 Aug 1946.

Explanation:

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was declared by Jinnah as a day of nationwide protest by the Indian Muslim community. It resulted in widespread violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in British India's Bengal province.