Awami League | MCQs

Explanation

• 160 seats was won by awami league in the 1970 election
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• In the elections of 1970, the Awami League won 167 of 169 East Pakistan seats in the National Assembly
• but none of West Pakistan's 138 seats.
• It also won 288 of the 300 provincial assembly seats in East Pakistan.
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Explanation

Sheikh Mujib-Ur-Rehman served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 17 April 1971 until his assassination on 15 August 1975.

Explanation

In 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the Awami League, presented a six-point demand for autonomy for East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

The six points were:

1. A federal system with a weak central government
2. Provincial autonomy for East Pakistan
3. Separate currency for East Pakistan
4. Separate foreign trade policy for East Pakistan
5. Provincial control over taxation
6. A separate militia for East Pakistan