Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using violence to intimidate non-muslims...
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Direct action is a term for economic and political behavior in which participants use agency—for example economic or physical power—to achieve their goals...
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Direct Action: Day 21 is an album by punk band Sham 69, released in 2001. All songs by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons unless noted "99% 2000" - 4:04 "Direct...
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up direct action in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Direct action is militant political action outside the usual political channels. Direct action may...
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Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) is an international grassroots network of animal rights activists founded in 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Area. DxE uses...
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Direct Action Network (DAN) was a North American confederation of anti-corporate, anti-authoritarian and anarchist affinity groups, collectives, and organizations...
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led to rioting and massacres on religious grounds in some areas. Direct Action Day further increased Wavell's resolve to establish the interim government...
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah (redirect from Jinnah Day)
direct action, something that would become synonymous with him in the Indian mind, owing to his famous direct action day call in 1946 - direct action...
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This list does not include remakes of live-action/animation hybrid films (such as Pete's Dragon), direct-to-video films (such as The Jungle Book: Mowgli's...
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Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15...
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (section Direct Action riots)
Moslem League Boss Mohamed Ali Jinnah had picked the 18th day of Ramadan for "Direct Action Day" against Britain's plan for Indian independence (which does...
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Solidarity Federation (redirect from Direct Action Movement)
International Workers' Association (IWA). In 1979, it reorganised into the Direct Action Movement (DAM), which participated in a number of industrial disputes...
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The Independence and National Day (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা ও জাতীয় দিবস Shwādhīnôtā o Jātīẏô Dibôsh) is celebrated on 26 March as a national holiday in Bangladesh...
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Direct Action (Ukrainian: Пряма дія, romanized: Pryama diya) is an independent trade union in Ukraine that pulls together students of leftist views. The...
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Kakori conspiracy (redirect from Kakori Train Action)
Khan and Sachindranath Bakshi were arrested later when the main Kakori action case was over. A supplementary case was filed against these two and they...
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The Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) is a disability rights activist organisation in England and Wales that campaigned for civil rights with...
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of popular action: referendum (plebiscite), initiative, and recall. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples of direct legislation...
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Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal was detained by Rapid Action Battalion from Dhaka and his body was found the next day in a paddy field in Barisal. According to RAB...
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in 1946. On 16 August 1946, the All-India Muslim League proclaimed Direct Action Day in Calcutta, as part of their demand for a separate state for Muslims...
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Udham Singh (redirect from Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh)
freedom", his actions "an expression of the pent-up fury of the downtrodden Indian people." Bergeret from Rome praised Singh's action as courageous....
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time ). By 1994, an average of six new direct-to-video films appeared each week. Erotic thrillers and R-rated action films were the two most successful genres...
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Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized: Yaum-i Āzādī), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when...
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List of Walt Disney Pictures films (redirect from List of Disney live-action films)
list is organized by release date and includes live-action feature films (including theatrical, direct-to-video and streaming releases), animated feature...
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that the purpose of this action "was not to disperse the meeting but to punish the Indians for disobedience." The following day Dyer stated in a report...
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himself from imitating the movements of the duellists. After the Direct Action Day riots, the Bengali Hindu girls, in order to defend themselves, began...
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American martial arts productions, and a significant portion of direct-to-video action films that first were made in the late 1980s in the United States...
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pro-separatist Muslim League sought to intimidate Tiwana. The Muslim League's Direct Action Day campaign brought the downfall of Sir Khizar's ministry, which depended...
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Judgment Day is a 1998 direct-to-video science-fiction action film directed by John Terlesky and starring Mario Van Peebles, Suzy Amis and Ice-T. It was...
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the British governor; but faced challenges like the Noakhali riots, Direct Action Day and the idea was also rejected by the All India Congress party who...
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Lucky Day is a 2019 action crime film directed and written by Roger Avary. The film stars Luke Bracey and Nina Dobrev. This film is a semi-sequel of Killing...
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