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Provincial elections were held in British India in January 1946 to elect members of the legislative councils of the Indian provinces. [1] The Congress, in a repeat of the 1937 elections, won (90%) of the general non-Muslim seats while the Muslim League won the majority of Muslim seats (87%) in the provinces.
September 1 – 1946 Turin Grand Prix, the first official Formula One Grand Prix, is held in Italy. [14] September 2 – The Interim Government of India takes charge, with Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president, as part of the transition from the British Raj to full independence for India and Pakistan.
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Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using general strikes and economic shut down to demand a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Riots, it soon became a day of communal violence in Calcutta. [5]
1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election; 1946 French India local elections; 1946 French India Representative Assembly election; 1946 Indian provincial elections; 1946 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election; 1946 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election; 1946 Punjab Provincial Assembly election
The newly elected government of Clement Attlee dispatched the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India to formulate proposals for the formation of a government that would lead to an independent India. [4] The elections for the Constituent Assembly were not direct elections, as the members were elected from each of the provincial legislative assemblies.
The desire for Indian unity was symbolised by the Cabinet Mission, which arrived in New Delhi on 24 March 1946, [2] which was sent by the British government, [3] in which the subject was the formation of a post-independent India. The three men who constituted the mission, A.V Alexander, Stafford Cripps, Pethick-Lawrence favoured India's unity ...