1948
Bangabandhu founded the Muslim Students League on January 4 which rose in protest on February 23 when Prime Minister Khwaja Nazimuddin in the Legislative Assembly declared: “The people of East Pakistan will accept Urdu as their state language.”
On March 2, a meeting held at Fazlul Huq Hall approved a resolution placed by Bangabandhu to form an All-Party State Language Action Council.
The Action Council called for a general strike on March 11 to register its protest against the conspiracy of the Muslim League against Bangla.
1949
When the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League was formed on June 23, Bangabandhu was elected its joint secretary while in prison.
Bangabandhu raised the demand for Chief Minister Nurul Amin’s resignation at a meeting of the Awami Muslim League in October.
1953
On July 9, Mujib was elected General Secretary of the East Pakistan Awami League at its council session. Efforts were made to forge unity among Maulana Bhashani, A K Fazlul Huq and Shaheed Suhrawardy with the objective of taking on the Muslim League at the general elections.
To achieve this goal, a special council session of the party was called on 14 November, when a resolution to form the United Front was approved.
1954
The first general election was held on March 10. The United Front won 223 seats out of a total of 237, including 143 captured by the Awami League.
On 29 May the Pakistan central government arbitrarily dismissed the United Front Ministry.
1968
The Pakistan government instituted the Agartala Conspiracy Case against Bangabandhu and 34 Bengali military and CSP officers charging the arrested them with conspiring to bring about the secession of East Pakistan from the rest of Pakistan. Sheikh Mujib was named accused number one in the case.
1969
The Central Students Action Council was formed on January 5 to press for the acceptance of the 11 point demand of Bangabandhu. The council initiated a countrywide student agitation to force the government to withdraw the Agartala Conspiracy Case and release Bangabandhu.
After months of protests, violations of Section 144 and curfews, firing by the police and the EPR and a number of casualties, the movement peaked into an unprecedented mass upsurge that forced Ayub Khan to convene a round-table conference of political leaders and announced Bangabandhu's release on parole.
Bangabandhu turned down the offer of release on parole.
On February 22, the central government bowed to the continued mass protests and freed Bangabandhu and the other co-accused.
The conspiracy case was withdrawn.
The Central Students Action Council arranged a reception in honour of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on February 23 at the Race Course (Suhrawardy Uddyan). At this meeting of one million people, Mujib was publicly acclaimed as Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal).
In his speech on the occasion, Bangabandhu pledged his total support to the 11 point demand of the students.
On December 5, Bangabandhu declared at a discussion meeting held to observe the death anniversary of Shaheed Suhrawardy that henceforth East Pakistan would be called Bangladesh.
1970
Bangabandhu was re-elected President of the Awami League on January 6. Awami League at a meeting of the working committee on April 1 decided to take part in the general elections scheduled for later that year.
On June 7, Bangabandhu addressed a public meeting at Race Course ground and urged the people to elect his party on the issue of the 6 point demands.
On October 28, he addressed the nation over radio and television and called upon the people to elect his party's candidates to implement the 6 point demand.
When a deadly cyclonic storm hit the coastal belt of Bangladesh, killing at least one million people, Bangabandhu suspended his election campaign and rushed to the aid of people in the affected areas. He strongly condemned the Pakistani rulers' indifference to the cyclone victims.
In the general elections held on December 7, the Awami League gained an absolute majority, securing 167 out of 169 National Assembly seats in the Provincial Assembly.
The Awami League leads the Independence War from March 26. And Bangladesh is liberated on December 16, 1971.