Awami League

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding date?June 23, 1949
2. What is the founding name?East Pakistan Awami Muslim League
3. When was the Awami League founded?It started on June 23, 1949, as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League.
4. Who were some founders of the Awami League?People like Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and a young Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helped start it.

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Civil Disobedience: The active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of governments, without resorting to violence.
Authoritarianism: A form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.