Career
He was also the first and third General Secretary of the Awami League, which played a key role in Bengali nationalist movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Awami League was formed on 23 June 1949 and Shamsul Huq became its first General Secretary, and Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani became its first president He wrote a pamphlet on this occasion titled "Main Demands." The pamphlet reads
Rabb is Allah"s greatest identity.
And as Rabb the Rububuiyat or lordship is our first and most important duty.