Apart from deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia was the only Prime Minister from Bangladesh whose political and institutional interactions with the Indian leadership stretched back to the 1970s and continued till the 21st century. On May 30, 1981, President Rahman was assassinated in a failed military coup while he was on a visit to Chittagong. But prior to these developments, on March 20, Khaleda took charge as the first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In the last week of May 1992, Khaleda was hosted by Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. She met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before visiting Ajmer Sharif.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2025 17:33 UTC