Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expressed his views about a prominent leader like Yar Mohammad Khan in his autobiography The Unfinished Memoirs.
In 1949, Moulana Bhasani discussed the possibility of forming a new political party with disaffected elements of the East Pakistan Muslim League.
A committee, headed by Bhashani, as president, and Yar Mohammad Khan, as secretary, was established to organize a June 23 conference, at which the resolution creating the Awami Muslim League was adopted.
In January 1948 Shamsul Haque and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wanted to establish a newly organized Muslim League and therefore they created a workers camp at 150 Mogultuli.
In February 1948, Professor Ibrahim Khan resigned from south Tangail and Maulana Bhashani won that seat in by election.
Shamsul Haque got huge support from Yar Mohammad Khan, Shawkat Ali, Aziz Ahmed and others and won the by election on 26 February 1949.
When Maulana Bhashani was released from Jail he came to Mogultuli and declared that the conspiracy of west Pakistan hast to stop.
But during such a time Kazi Humayun Bashir declared that Maulana Bhashani along with Yar Mohammad Khan can organize the meeting at his house Rose Garden located at K.M Das Lane, Dhaka.
The committee declared Maulana Bhashani as president, Ataur Rahman Khan as vice president, Shamsul Haque as General Secretary, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Joint Secretary and Yar Mohammad Khan as a treasurer of the Awami Muslim League.
Yar Mohammad Khan was a long-time resident of the city and came from a good family, was well-off, and had many people working for him.
Yar Mohammad's men accompanied him and they attacked the local Muslim League office, which was just round the corner in Rai Saheb Bazar.
From this time onward Yar Mohammad began to take an active part in politics too, consolidating our party's strength in Dhaka city.
[9] The Unfinished Memoirs Page-139-140After the meeting Maulana Bhashani led a procession and move to Government House where Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was present.
During the clash between police Maulana told Sheikh Mujib to fled the scene, Moulana Bhasani used to stay with Yar Mohammad Khan's house at 18 Karkun Bari Lane.
Moulana Bhasani told me to meet Mr Suhrawardy at Pakistan and discuss to form a new party opposing Muslim League.Mr.
[10] The Unfinished Memoirs Page-240The picture depicts, after being released from Dhaka Central jail, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman accompanied by his father Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, Shamsul Huq, Yar Mohammad Khan and others on the way to attend the Awami League worker’s meeting (June 26, 1949).
[11] Soon after Sher-E-Bangla was elected the leader of the United Front he was invited by the Governor of East Pakistan to form the ministry.
Mr. Huq declared to Mr. Surwahardi and Moulana Bhasani that, 'I won't make Sheikh Mujibur Rahman minister in my cabinet.
However Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Yar Mohammad Khan spend some good times on the same cell inside the prison.
I was sad at the thought of leaving behind my colleagues especialty Yar Mohammad Khan since had been arrested at the time when he had come to meet me at the prison.
Mirza Ahmad Ispahani was a close companion of Yar Mohammad Khan flew by helicopter and assisted him by providing necessary funds and attended the historic Kagmari Conference.
The picture depicts, in 1972 Yar Mohammad Khan is sitting beside Mirza Ahmad Ispahani and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a wedding program of Zahirul Islam, who is the younger brother of Yar Mohammad Khan and a founder chairman of ZSRM Steel Mills Ltd. Yar Mohammad Khan being the president of Dhaka City Awami League finally resigned on 12 July 1957 and quit politics forever due to some unavoidable circumstances.
Even after quitting politics Yar Mohammad Khan invited Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Maulana Bhashani in his family programs.
[17] The media plays a significant role and can have a strong impact on political outcomes and Yar Mohammad Khan was aware of that.
As Yar Mohammad Khan was actively involved into politics of anti-Pakistan movement, he called and appointed Tofazzal Hossain as its editor, who was working in Kolkata at the time as a journalist for The Daily Ittehad.
[18] Since 15 August 1951 Ittefaq resumed its publication and it played a significant role in the 1954 general elections, and it contributed to the victory of the United Front.
[19] Yar Mohammad Khan was the publisher so he declared that Ittefaq will be officially Bangladesh Awami League party's paper.
On 15 August 1975, a group of junior army officers invaded the presidential residence with tanks and killed Mujib, his family and personal staff.
When Yar Mohammad Khan heard the news of Bangabandhu's death over radio he collapsed from his chair to the floor.
The Awami League's first office was on the ground floor of Yar Mohammed Khan's three-storey house on 18, Karkunbari Lane.