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The '''Great [[Calcutta]] Killing''' or the '''Day of Direct Action''' ([[Muslim]] title) was an Anti-Hindu pogrom perpetrated by members of the Muslim League in the city of Calcutta. It started with the proclamation of “Direct Action Day”on August 16, 1946, by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League. He remarked that there will be “either a divided India or a destroyed India”. Within 72 hours, more than 4,000 Hindus had been slaughtered by Muslim mobs in the city of Calcutta.
The '''Great [[Calcutta]] Killing''' or the '''Direct Action Day''' ([[Muslim]] title) was an Anti-Hindu pogrom perpetrated by members of the Muslim League in the city of Calcutta. It started with the proclamation of “Direct Action Day”on August 16, 1946, by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League. He remarked that there will be “either a divided India or a destroyed India”. Within 72 hours, more than 4,000 Hindus had been slaughtered by Muslim mobs in the city of Calcutta.
In one account of the pogrom, Philip Talbot wrote:
In one account of the pogrom, Philip Talbot wrote: