EntityQ2096814· pop 18· linked from 1,810 articlesDirect Action DaySign in to saveday of widespread communal rioting between Muslims and Hindus in the city of CalcuttaConnectionsKolkataCityWest BengalEntityMuslimEntitypartition of IndiaEntityRam Mohan RoyEntityArchibald Wavell, 1st Earl WavellEntityHinduEntityPakistan MovementEntityBengali RenaissanceEntityHowrah railway stationEntitycommunal violenceEntityPort of KolkataEntitycinema of West BengalEntityKolkata PoliceEntityBangladeshCountryIslamEntityWorld War IIConceptMuhammadPersonMahatma GandhiPersonQur’anEntityCategories1946 in British India1946 murders in India1946 protests1946 riots20th century in Kolkata20th-century mass murders in IndiaAnti-Muslim violence in IndiaAttacks on buildings and structures in the 1940sAttacks on shops in IndiaAugust 1946 in AsiaBengal PresidencyEthnic cleansing in Asia