Kagmari Conference was a historic council meeting of Awami League that called for autonomy for East Pakistan and created the path for the Independence of Bangladesh.
[1][2][3] The Awami League held a cultural conference organized by Yar Mohammad Khan from 6–10 February 1957 in Kagmari, Tangail District, East Pakistan.
The Awami League activists were unhappy with the decision of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, leader of Awami League and Prime Minister of Pakistan, to support Pakistan joining the United States backed Central Treaty Organization and Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
Politicians of the Awami League preferred Pakistan follow a neutral foreign policy.
[4] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Yar Mohammad Khan, Maulana Bhashani and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy attending the Afro-Asian Cultural Conference in Kagmari, Tangail (February 1957).