US EditionKhaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman PM: A life of power and resistance
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From undivided Bengal's Jalpaiguri to power: How India-born Khaleda Zia rose to rule Bangladesh and why she fell
Sunil ChadhaLate Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s political life was as dramatic as the subcontinent’s turbulent history. Born in pre-Partition India, she went on to rule Bangladesh twice, before being pushed out of power amid protests, allegations of authoritarianism and corruption. Her journey from a quiet homemaker to a formidable political matriarch remains one of South Asia’s most compelling political transformations. India-born Firs…
She was the second woman in history to be elected prime minister of a Muslim-majority country. She led a party that had positioned itself as a center-right antidote to secular nationalism. When she came to power for the second time in 2001, her style was unmistakably modern. Her penchant for bright georgette saris was obvious. She styled her hair in a carefully blown-out buffoon style. She wore dark lipstick when the mood took her. And she had t…
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