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Ramakrishna Paramhansa
Indian spiritual figure.
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Direct Action Day is observed as communal violence erupts in Calcutta
The Muslim League designated 16 August 1946 as Direct Action Day. Large-scale communal violence broke out in Calcutta and continued for several days, becoming a major episode in the run-up to Partition.
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