The 'East Pakistan Awami Muslim League' was established on 23 June 1949 at the Rose Garden Palace on KM Das Lane Road, Tikatuli, Dhaka, with Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani as its president. Editor Shamsul Haque of Tangail. Later, in 1955, at the initiative of Maulana Bhasani, the word 'Muslim'
