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    Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take "direct action" for a separate Muslim homeland after the British...
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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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  • 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: 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    The Independence Day of Bangladesh (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা দিবস Shadhinôta Dibôsh) is celebrated on 26 March as a national holiday in Bangladesh. It commemorates...
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    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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    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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  • Chbosky writing and directing. In 2019, Alan Menken suggested that the Disney Classic feature film Pocahontas would not have a live-action adaptation in the...
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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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    union". In 1994 it adopted its current name, having previously been the Direct Action Movement since 1979, and before that the Syndicalist Workers' Federation...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Pakistan Day (Urdu: یومِ پاکستان, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    of popular action: referendum (plebiscite), initiative, and recall. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples of direct legislation...
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    supply a method for a direct response. Among practitioners, it is also known as direct response marketing. In contrast to direct marketing, advertising...
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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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    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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  • 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 "Day of Deliverance" (Urdu: یوم نجات, romanized: Youm-e-Nijat) was a celebration day marked by the All-India Muslim League and others on 22 December...
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