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What was the primary reason for the widespread violence known as the 'Great Calcutta Killings' in August 1946?
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- 1Public outrage and demonstrations following the arrival of the Cabinet Mission
- 2A mass nationalist protest organized against the implementation of the salt tax
- 3Severe communal violence following the Muslim League's call for 'Direct Action Day'✓
- 4An intense agrarian dispute over the collection of land revenue
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Severe communal violence following the Muslim League's call for 'Direct Action Day'
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