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What Happened on Direct Action Day: Historian & Author Sam Dalrymple Explains

Vivek Agnihotri's new film, 'Bengal Files' has put the spotlight on Direct Action Day and the Calcutta riots of August 16, 1946. Historian Sam Dalrymple explains that the riots started out in response to the Bengal famine, but later blew up to take a communal tone.

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