Today is Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s 74th birthday.
The eldest of five children of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Begum Fazilatunnesa was born on this day in 1947 at Tungipara of Gopalganj.
Like previous years, Awami League and its affiliated organisations will be celebrating the day by organising various events. On the occasion, milad and doa mahfils will be held across the country.
Special prayers will be offered at different places of worship seeking good health and long life of the premier.
Hasina spent much of her childhood in the village where she was born. In 1954, when Bangabandhu was elected legislator, the family relocated to Dhaka.
In her student life, she actively took part in the six-point movement of 1966 and the student movement of 1969, which saw the abdication of General Ayub Khan.
In 1968, she married nuclear scientist Dr Wazed Miah.
During the Liberation War, Hasina and her family were interned at a house in Dhaka.
On July 27, 1971, her first child Sajeeb Wazed Joy was born. Her second child Saima Wazed Hossain was born on December 9, 1972.
After the assassination of Bangabandhu and most of her family members on August 15, 1975, Hasina along with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, was offered political asylum in India, where she stayed till 1981. During the time, she was elected president of Awami League in her absence.
Hasina returned home on May 17, 1981.❐
