1969 East Pakistan mass uprising

1969 East Pakistan uprising
Part of 1968–69 Pakistan revolution
A student procession at the University of Dhaka campus during the mass uprising of 1969.
Date	January 1969 – March 1969
Location	East Pakistan
Caused by	Authoritarianism
Goals	Resignation of President Ayub Khan, Withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case, and Autonomy for East Pakistan Six Points
Methods	Protest march
Resulted in	Ayub Khan's resignation Yahya Khan becomes president
Parties
Government of Pakistan Pakistan Army Awami League
Lead figures
Muhammad Ayub Khan Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

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Events
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Organisations
East Pakistan Renaissance Society Awami League United Front East Pakistan Communist Party Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra
Key persons
Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury Mujibur Rahman Khan Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Serajul Alam Khan Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Ataur Rahman Khan
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The 1969 East Pakistan uprising (Bengali: ঊনসত্তরের গণঅভ্যুত্থান, lit. '69’s Mass uprising') was a democratic political uprising in East Pakistan. It was led by the students backed by various political parties such as the Awami League, National Awami Party, and Communist party of East Pakistan and their student wings, and the cultural fronts (writers, poets, musicians, singers, actors, etc) against Muhammad Ayub Khan, the president of Pakistan in protest of the oppressive military rule, political repressions, Agartala Conspiracy Case and the incarceration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other Bengali nationalists.

The uprising consisted of mass demonstrations and sporadic conflicts between government armed forces and the demonstrators. Although the unrest began in 1966 with the six point movement of Awami League, it got momentum at the beginning of 1969. It culminated in the resignation of Ayub Khan. The uprising also led to the withdrawal of the Agartala Conspiracy Case and acquittal of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other defendants.^[1]