Historical place archive

Calcutta in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Calcutta in Pakistan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1946–1946

Historical events in Calcutta

1946

1946
Demonstrations
Mohammed Ali Jinnah · Muslim League

Jinnahs policy of "direct action" precipitates riots, 4,000 are killed. After the riots the British authorites favour Gandhi & Nehro over Jinnah

1946
Demonstrations
Mohammed Ali Jinnah · Islam

Jinnahs policy of "direct action" precipitates riots, 4,000 are killed. After the riots the British authorites favour Gandhi & Nehro over Jinnah

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Pakistan and Calcutta. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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