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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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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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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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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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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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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Solidarity Federation (redirect from Direct Action Movement)
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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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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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 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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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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