Awami League
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The Bangladesh Awami League, commonly known as the Awami League, was a political party in Bangladesh and its predecessor East Pakistan. Founded on 23 June 1949, it played a vital role in the country's
Rose Garden Palace, birthplace of the Awami League in 1949
Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marching barefoot to pay their tributes on Language Movement Day of 1953
Awami League members in the cabinet of A. K. Fazlul Huq in East Bengal, 1954
Rahman announcing the Six Points in Lahore, 1966
Sheikh Hasina
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Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Ba
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…August 1975 coup d'état, the party was made onto the political sidelines, and many of its senior leaders and activists were executed or jailed. In 1981, Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, became the president of the party. The party played a crucial role in the anti-authoritarian movements against…
Hasina in 2024
Hasina (righmost) with her parents and siblings in the 1970s.
Hasina with U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka, 2000
Hasina with European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels, 2001