Hindustan Awami League
| Hindustan Awami League | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Shyam Mohan Gupta |
| Founder |
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| Founded | August 17, 1971 |
| Headquarters | Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhavan, Rajmarg, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Ideology |
Liberal democracy Big tent |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Hindustan Awami League (English: Indian People's League; abbreviated as HAL) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Rashtriya Utthan Dal. It has been described as a center-left Nehruvian socialist political party. It is commonly referred to as simply the Awami League.
It was formed by the merger of the Socialist Party of India and the Ghadar Party which was brought about by the efforts of A.K. Fazlul Huq and Jawaharlal Nehru. A.K. Fazlul Huq is widely considered as the founder of the Party and was elected its first General-Secretary at the first party convention in Allahabad on 17 August 1937. A.K. Fazlul Huq later became the first elected President of India. Jawaharlal Nehru is credited as the main ideologue of the party. The political ideology of the party came to be called Nehruvian Socialism. It was the primary political power in independent India following the first Great War and is credited for setting up and strengthening the institutions and systems of the new state. It contested against the Indian National Congress in the first general elections in 19XX following the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 19XX.