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Awami League
The Awami League is a political party of Bangladesh, founded in Dhaka in 1949 as a rival to the Muslim League in East Pakistan. Under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman it campaigned for Bengali autonomy, won the 1970 general election and led the independence struggle of 1971. Led by Sheikh Hasina, it governed from 1996 to 2001 and from 2009 until she was forced from office in 2024, after which its activities were banned.
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