movement parents article_title name organization
khilafat bangladesh liberation war farakka long march movement non-cooperation movement pakistan movement bengali language movement haji mojiron bibi -lrb- mother -rrb- sharafat ali khan -lrb- father -rrb- mst . abdul hamid khan bhashani
 the red mawlana national awami party
abdul hamid khan bhashani

abdul hamid khan bhashani -lrb- ; 12 december 1880 -- 17 november 1976 -rrb- was a popular islamic scholar and political leader in british india , -lrb- now bangladesh -rrb- .
he remained a rural-based and non-colonially educated politician revered for selflessness and solidarity with the oppressed .
his long political span takes the student of political history through british colonial india , pakistan and bangladesh periods .
he gained popularity among peasants and the higher status emerging leadership of bengali muslims .
owing to his leaning to the left , often dubbed `` islamic socialism '' , he was nicknamed '' the red maulana '' .
mawlana bhashani is regarded as the proponent of anti-imperialist , non-communal and left-leaning politics by his admirers in present-day bangladesh and beyond .
in 2013 the awami league government of bangladesh reduced his presence in school curricula .
a one-time student of deoband , and participant of the khilafat movement protesting the dissolution of the ottoman empire he led the muslims of assam in a successful campaign during the 1947 sylhet referendum , through which sylhet chose to become part of the pakistan national project .
he was the founder and president of the pakistan awami muslim league which later became awami league -lrb- al -rrb- .
later however , owing to differences with the right-leaning leaders in the aml , such as shahid suhrawardy , on the issue of autonomy for east pakistan , he formed a new progressive party called national awami party -lrb- nap -rrb- .
he also differed with suhrawardhy when he as prime minister of pakistan decided to join the us-led defence pact cento and seato .
the split among the progressive camp into pro-moscow and pro-peking factions eventually led to the breakup of nap into two separate parties ; the pro-moscow faction being led by muzaffar ahmed .
after pakistan 's 1965 war with india , he showed some support for field marshal ayub khan 's regime for its china-leaning foreign policy ; but later he gave provided leadership to a mass uprising against the regime in 1968-69 with support from fatima jinnah .
he played a very critical role in the 1969 movement which eventually led to the collapse of the ayub regime and the release of sheikh mujibur rahman and other co-accused in the so-called agartala conspiracy case against pakistan .
his decision to boycott the 1970 pakistan general elections due to his mistrust of the west pakistani leaders , effectively led to the electoral sweep by erstwhile opponent mujibur rahman .
his efforts created a sense of fierce nationality and a spririt of independence amongst all bangalis of east pakistan .
