Sheikh Hasina was born on September 28, 1947 at Tungipara, a remote village under Gopalgonj district. She is daughter of Bangabandhu .
She was actively involved in student politics in her college and university days. Sheikh Hasina was elected as the chief of the Student's Union of Eden Girls College, the leading women's college in Bangladesh. She was a member of student's League (Chattra League ) of Dhaka University and Secretary of the Chattra League unit in Rokeya Hall. She was also the President of Eden Intermediate Girls College Chattra League. Sheikh Hasina actively participated in the mass upsurge of 1969.
In 1982 she was the first to raise the voice of protest against an assumption of state-power through military coups d'etat.
Under her leadership, the Awami League government was the first government to complete a full 5 year tenure. |
