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National Awami Party (Bhashani)
ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি (ভাসানী)
Leader Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Founders Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Founded30 November 1967
Split from NAP
Succeeded by Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP
Ideology Islamic socialism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-Sovietism
Third worldism
Political position Left-wing
Religion Deobandi Islam

National Awami Party (Bhashani) was a left wing political party in Bangladesh.

History

National Awami Party (Bhashani) was established on 30 November 1967 when National Awami Party split into two different fractions. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-Beijing was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. On 17 November 1974, two leaders of the party, Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Rashed Khan Menon, formed a new political party called United People's Party. Following this split, Bhashani resigned from post of Party President. [1] [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Das, Ranjit Kumar. "National Awami Party". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ ""I am only making a modest contribution to the struggle of my people"". The Daily Star. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.