Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Framing the Constitution

Question:

When did the 'Great Calcutta Killings' take place?

Options:

May 1946

June 1946

July 1946

August 1946

Correct Answer:

August 1946

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → August 1946

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, was a day of nationwide communal riots. The Great Calcutta Killings were a series of riots and clashes in Calcutta (now Kolkata) that occurred in August 1946, leading to significant violence and loss of life.