National Awami Party
Political party in East and West Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Awami Party (NAP), translated from Urdu to English as National People's Party, was the major left-wing political party in East and West Pakistan. It was founded in 1957 in Dhaka, erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan, through the merger of various leftist and progressive political groups in Pakistan. Commonly known as the NAP, it was a major opposition party to Pakistani military regimes for much of the late 1950s and mid-1960s. In 1967 the party split into two factions.
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National Awami Party National People's Party | |
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Urdu name | نیشنل عوامی پارٹی |
Bengali name | ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি |
Abbreviation | NAP |
Leader | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |
Founders | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan |
Founded | 1957 (1957) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Dissolved | November 30, 1967 (1967-11-30) |
Merger of | APP Sindh Mahaz SHC Pukhtun Brotherhood Usthman Gul KK GD |
Succeeded by | NAP (Wali) NAP (Bhashani) |
Student wing | Democratic Students Federation |
Political position | Left-wing |
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