The Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and decided to resort to Direct Action Day on

A. August 16, 1946

B. September 2, 1946

C. October 15, 1946

D. July 29, 1946

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the Great Calcutta Killings, was a day of widespread communal rioting between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the Bengal province of British India. The day also marked the start of what is known as The Week of the Long Knives.