The East Pakistan Students' League (, ) was founded in 1948 following the independence of Pakistan to support the political activities and campaigns of the Muslim League in electoral politics. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the founder of this organisation.
History On 4 January 1948, a general discussion meeting was held at the auditorium of Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, University of Dhaka. In the meeting, everyone agreed on the formation of a student organization. From that meeting, the East Pakistan Muslim Student's League was established. In 1949, a proposal was made to remove the word "Muslim" from the organization's name, but due to the intense activities of the Bengali language movement, it was not possible. After the Language Movement, in the 1953 council meeting, the proposal to remove the word "Muslim" from the name was approved and implemented.
Factions
It is said that there were two possible major factions: Bengali nationalist faction, who were supporters of confederation-like extended autonomy of East Pakistan. Socialist faction, who were supporters of the secession of East Pakistan and creation of a socialist Bengal state.
Presidents and General-secretaries YearPresidentsLater role/AffiliationGeneral secretariesLater role/Affiliation 11947-1947Naimuddin AhmedUnknownAdnan Ali KhademUnknown21947-1950Dabirul IslamMLA, KSPKhaleque Nawaz KhanMLA, KSP31950-52Khaleque Nawaz KhanMLA, KSPKamruzzamanPresidium Member, Awami League41952-53KamruzzamanPresidium Member, Awami LeagueMA WadudJournalist, The Daily Ittefaq51953-57Abdul Momin TalukdarDeputy Minister, LGRD and CooperativeM A AwalConvenor, Awami League61957-60Rafiq Ullah ChoudhuryPrime Minister's SecretaryShah Moazzem Hossain (In-charge, after Azhar Ali resigned)Vice President, BNP71960-63Shah Moazzem HossainVice President, BNPSheikh Fazlul Haque ManiExecutive Committee member, BAKSAL81963-65KM Obaidur RahmanGeneral Secretary, BNPSerajul Alam KhanFounder, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal91965-67Syed Mazharul Haque BakiUnknownAbdur RazzaqPresidium member, Awami League101967-68Ferdous Ahmed QureshiJoint Secretary, BNP & Founder PDPAbdur RazzaqPresidium member, Awami League111968-69Abdur RaufExpelled, MP from Awami LeagueKhaled Mohammad AliUnknown121969-70Tofail AhmedMinister, MP and Presidium Member from Awami LeagueA. S. M. Abdur RabPresident, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD131970-72Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui (Expelled in 1972)BusinessmanShajahan Siraj (Expelled in 1972)Minister & MP from BNP
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