Name: Rafsan Jahangir ID: 1731307030

1. A. Awami Muslim League was founded on June 23 rd 1949.

b. Shamsul Haque was the founding general secretary of Awami Muslim League.

c. the word “Muslim” was deleted from name of the Awami Muslim League because they
believe it was almost impossible to develop an opposition party which is not connected with the
Muslims. They also thought it was political strategy of the founders of Awami League.

d. Tamaddun Majlish was founded on September 1, 1947. It was headed by Professor Abul
Kashem.

f. M. A. Jinnah came to Dhaka on march 19 th, 1948. He addressed two meetings in Dhaka (March
21, 1948 at Ramna Racecourse) in both of which he ignored the popular demand for Bangla. He
widely ignored their demand instead he said Urdu will be the language of state Pakistan.

g. Abdul Matin and Gaziul Haque are the two heroes of language movement.

h. Awami League, the Krishak Sramic Party, the Nizam-e-Islam, and Ganatantri Dal are the
political parties that form the United Front in 1954.

i. A K Fazlul Huq became the Chief Minister of East Pakistan after the United Front Elections.

j. 223 out of 237 seats were secured by United Front in the election.

K. The Constitution of Pakistan come into effect on23rd March, 1956, proclaiming Pakistan to
be an Islamic republic.

Ans to question Number D

Salient features of the 1956 Constitution of Pakistan Re given below:

Written Constitution - This is a written and lengthy document.

Rigid Constitution - The constitution could only be amended through a process requiring the
amendment to be passed by at least a two-thirds majority of the parliament and authentication
by the President.
Islamic Republic of Pakistan - The name of the country was chosen as the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
Objectives Resolution - The objective resolution was included as permeable by the constitution.
Federal System - The constitution provides for a federal system in the country. Powers was
divided between the Centre and the Provinces. The subjects were divided into three lists; The
Federal List, the Concurrent List and the provincial list.
Unicameral Legislature - The legislature would consist of a single House. Both the wings of the
country were given representation in the National Assembly. The National Assembly consisted
of 300 members. 150 members were drawn from each wing.
Parliamentary System - a parliamentary system was adopted, according to it the president was
the head of state and the Prime Minister the head of government.
The President - required to be a Muslim of at least forty years of age. The tenure of his office
was five years. In case of internal or external danger he could declare a state of emergency in
the country. He was authorized to appoint the Governors, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
Auditor General and the Advocate General.
The Prime Minister - He was to be the leader of the Parliamentary group and was thus indirectly
elected by the people. He could choose his cabinet from the members of the National Assembly;
the Cabinet was answerable to the Assembly.
Islamic Law - No law would be accepted if it was against the Quran and Sunnah.
Independence of Judiciary - An independent judiciary in the country. A Supreme Court
interpreted the constitution, advised the state whenever required, and decided the issues
whenever required.
Fundamental Rights - included freedom of movement, freedom of speech and expression,
freedom to choose profession and freedom to profess religion. Right to life, liberty.
Language – For state language both Urdu and Bengali were chosen.

Shortcomings were given below:

1. Written constitution was lengthy and time consuming. So the bigger and lengthy
constitution was a shortcoming for the constitution.
2. The National Assembly consisted of 300 members. 150 members were drawn from each
wing. Even though west Pakistan was larger than the east. So the ratio was not equal.
The number of people that lived west Pakistan was bigger and their chances of being at
the national assembly was limited.

Answer to question number A

After the creation of Pakistan in August 14, 1947, the ruling class of Pakistan made the ruling
Muslim League mere a “pocket organization.” Many of the veteran politicians of Muslim League
were neglected and ignored, and even tortured by the ruling elites, thus, agitation increased. No
parties from the west were getting the full recognition. They were deprived of almost
everything. Bangalee’s dream of Pakistan soon turned into mere nightmare with the central
government’s Language Policy (Urdu as state language), minimal representation of the majority
Bengalees’ in Central Legislature, and above all, the close-door policy of the ruling Muslim
League caused the protest by East Bengal.

All these led the Suhrawardy-Hashim Group to feel the necessity of a separate political platform
for the Bengalees’. With the joining of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani (veteran pleasant
leader and then President of Assam Provincial Muslim League), the “would-be political platform”
gained further momentum. Then they formed Awami Muslim league on 23 rd june, 1949. It was
the first effective ruling party then. Their main interest was to work for the interest of Bengalis.

The role of Awami Muslim league in the emergence of Bangladesh was huge.
From the very beginning it represented the Bengali’s interest, and it never emerged as a “All-
Pakistan-Political-Party.” So they were very determined that they will work for the Bengali
people not in the favor of Pakistan. Awami League played instrumental roles in making Bangla
one of the state languages of Pakistan in 1952 They also brought provincial autonomy and also
established parliamentary. Awami Muslim League is the party which voiced against the
disparities between the two wings of Pakistan. They tried to make sure that people from east
side got the same opportunity as the people from the west got. It played the central role to form
the United Front and defeat the Muslim League in the elections of 1954. Awami Muslim League
and its leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman raised the “Six Point Programmed” in
which the seeds of independent Bangladesh were laid. The 1969 Mass Upsurge was also
prompted by the Awami Muslim League and led by the Chhatra League. So be it any significance
activity Awami Muslim League always stood up against any form of disparity. They had been
doing everything from 1949. Every single protest raised against west Pakistan was helped by
Awami Muslim League. Language protest, Liberation war everything was led beautifully and
selflessly by this Team. From the beginning Their significance of their role to make a new
country like Bangladesh was so prolific.