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Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) 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 from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Riots, it soon became a day of communal violence in Calcutta. [5]
He is also remembered for his performance as the Minister for Civil Supply during the Bengal famine of 1943. [1] [2] In India, he is seen as a controversial figure; directly responsible for the 1946 Calcutta Killings, [3] [4] [5] for which he is often referred as the "Butcher of Bengal" in West Bengal. [6]
January – Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946 of British and Indian air force units 11 February – I.N.A. trial demonstrations in Calcutta, several killed; 12 February – Hartal in Calcutta over the killing of demonstrators the previous day
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Famine in British India during World War II Bengal famine of 1943 From the photo spread in The Statesman on 22 August 1943 showing famine conditions in Calcutta. These photographs made world headlines and spurred government action. Country British India Location Bengal Orissa Period 1943 ...
1946 was a common year ... post-war issues cause a famine in the Soviet Union; ... Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta begins "The Week of the Long Knives
The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...
This famine killed between 2.5 and 3 million people. [95] In India as a whole, the food supply was rarely inadequate, even in times of droughts. The Famine Commission of 1880 identified that the loss of wages from lack of employment of agricultural laborers and artisans was the cause of famines.
Siege of Calcutta: 1756 CE: Shamsher Gazi's Kingdom: 1748 – 1760 CE: Company Raj: 1757 – 1858 CE Bengal famine of 1770: 1770 CE Bengal Renaissance: 1772 - 1913 CE Faraizi Movement: 1818 – 1884 CE The Great Rebellion: 1857 – 1858 CE: British Raj: 1858 – 1947 CE Partition of Bengal: 1905 CE Bengal and Assam