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442:. Khan later assumed the presidency by replacing Mirza. All provincial assemblies, including in East Pakistan, were disbanded. Numerous political leaders and journalists were arrested. The Elected Bodies Disqualification Order barred 75 politicians from holding public office for eight years (until 1966).
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Pakistani military crackdown in East Pakistan that began on 25 March 1971, most members of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and the Bengali members of the National Assembly of Pakistan convened in Boiddonathtala, Meherpur on 17 April 1971, where they signed the Proclamation of
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became chief minister for six weeks. The United Front called for complete autonomy in East Bengal, except in defence and foreign policy; and the recognition of
Bengali as a federal language. The East Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a law for the establishment of the
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520:(the first in Pakistan's history), in which the Awami League won 288 of the 300 seats in East Pakistan's provincial assembly. The refusal of the Pakistani military junta to transfer power led to the
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The Awami League emerged as the single largest party. However, in response to popular demands, the United Front
Legislative Party elected Krishak Sramik Party leader A K Fazlul Huq, a former
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was signed by most of its members, which transformed the assembly into a part of the
Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh, alongside Bengali members of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
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between 1947 and 1971. It was known as the East Bengal
Assembly from 1947 to 1955 when the provincial name was changed. The legislature was a successor to the
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The newly elected assembly could not convene due to the
Pakistani military crackdown in East Pakistan. During the Bangladesh War of Independence, the
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Pakistan's legislative capital. During the 1960s, the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly was housed in Parliament House in
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system at the federal and provincial levels respectively. The most important feature of the system was dubbed "Basic
Democracy", in which
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if Bengal were partitioned. The Sylhet region in Assam voted in a referendum to join East Bengal. After the creation of the
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being injured. Patwary later died. The confrontation was used as a pretext by
President Iskander Mirza to declare
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The 1954 election in East Bengal was the first election since
Pakistan was created. It was held on the basis of
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would periodically convene in the same building. The building is now the Prime Minister's Office of Bangladesh.
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The 1970 general election broke with the tradition of separate electorates and was organized on the basis of
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middle class. But verdict had little impact on Pakistan's central leadership and bureaucracy.
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played a role in the overthrow of President Ayub Khan. The new ruler Yahya Khan organized
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Bangladesh Independence that was declared on 26 March and rebroadcast on 27 March.
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voted on the partition of Bengal, with 107 supporting joining Pakistan's
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A total of five ministries (parliamentary governments) were formed by
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and the East Pakistani provincial assembly became members of the
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of the Awami League demanded a federal parliamentary democracy.
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1238:. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1968. p. 19.
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was Bengal- and Bengali-based and represented by Fazlul Huq."
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Pakistan's Political Labyrinths: Military, Society and Terror
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In 1969, President Ayub Khan was deposed by the army chief
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between 1947 and 1955, was the provincial legislature of
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Politics in Bangladesh: A Study of Awami League, 1949-58
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Agrarian Bengal: Economy, Social Structure and Politics
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On 20 June 1947, 141 East Bengali legislators from the
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Mahendra Prasad Singh; Veena Kukreja (7 August 2014).
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East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950
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became the first chief minister. He was succeeded by
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electorate, 30 for the Hindu electorate, 36 for the
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abolished the parliamentary system and introduced a
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691:. The results are given in the following.<
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1044:. Cambridge University Press. p. 230.
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1285:. Cambridge University Press. p. 65.
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1526:Historical legislatures in Bangladesh
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1155:Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
1212:. APH Publishing. pp. 151–153.
1135:Pakistan. National Assembly (1957).
1114:. Northern Book Centre. p. 85.
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683:East Pakistan general election, 1970
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314:in 1948. The assembly was housed in
1252:Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh
1010:Spencer C. Tucker (30 April 2017).
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1516:1971 disestablishments in Pakistan
1511:1947 establishments in East Bengal
1158:. Carnegie Endowment. p. 37.
803:15 August 1947 – 14 September 1948
275:Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
129:Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
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326:. The area was the center of the
240:East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
18:East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
1308:Journal of International Affairs
1255:. Scarecrow Press. p. 101.
1152:Husain Haqqani (10 March 2010).
1067:The All Pakistan Legal Decisions
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244:East Bengal Legislative Assembly
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418:became chief minister in 1956.
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27:Provincial Assembly of Pakistan
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318:, within the vicinity of the
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572:' electorate and 1 for the
368:provincial general election
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271:Pakistani National Assembly
264:partition of Bengal in 1947
256:Bengal Legislative Assembly
119:Bengal Legislative Assembly
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1185:. Routledge. p. 133.
1108:M. Bhaskaran Nair (1990).
1087:. Routledge. p. 140.
877:3 April 1954 – 29 May 1954
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1016:. ABC-CLIO. p. 250.
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320:University of Dacca
286:Partition of Bengal
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