The document summarizes the contributions of several important political figures in Bangladesh's independence movement: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the main leader who founded the Awami League and led the language and autonomy movements in the 1940s-1960s. He called Bangladeshis to begin the liberation war in 1971 and served as the president of the interim Mujibnagar government. Tajuddin Ahmed and Sayed Nazrul Islam both held high positions in the Awami League and Mujibnagar government during the war. Captain M Mansur Ali and A H M Kamruzzaman also played prominent roles as ministers in the Mujibnagar administration. Maulana Abdul Ham