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| 1969 | Awami League |  |
| Karachi First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 1969 | Constitution | |
| Karachi First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| Karachi The West Pakistan-dominated government declines to convene the National Assembly |
| 1969 | Election | |
| Karachi First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures an absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 1970 | Constitution | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 1970 | Election | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| The Awami League demands complete internal autonomy for East Pakistan |
| Dec In Eastern Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Mujibur Rahman, wins 160 out of 162 seats in the Parliament |
| 1970 | Independence | |
| In Eastern Pakistan, the Awami League, led by Mujibur Rahman, wins 160 out of 162 seats in the Parliament |
| The Awami League demands complete internal autonomy for East Pakistan |
| The Pakistani government resorts to violence to suppress the Awamis, and hundreds of thousands are slaughtered, the Awami leadership fled to India along with millions of refugees and declare the independent state of Bangladesh |
| 1970 | National Assembly | |
| First general elections, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League secures absolute majority in new National Assembly |
| 1971 | Election | |
| Pakistan's first genuine free elections are held, both factions of the League are swept out of power, in West Pakistan by the Pakistan People's Party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and in East Pakistan by the Awami League of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
