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Direct Action Day

Lead figuresNo centralised leadership, though local Indian National Congress leaders took part Local chapter of All-India Muslim LeagueCasualtiesDeaths4,000 – 10,000 (Hindus & Muslims) 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.

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