Khaleda Zia’s funeral tomorrow, likely to be buried beside husband Ziaur Rahman

The funeral of Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, who died today after a prolonged illness, will be held on Wednesday. She is expected to be laid to rest beside her husband, former President Ziaur Rahman, at Dhaka’s Zia Udyan.

Khaleda Khanam married Rahman, then a young Pakistan Army officer, in 1960 at the age of 15. Following the marriage, she adopted the name Khaleda Zia, taking her husband’s first name as her surname.

Three years later, Rahman joined a mutiny against West Pakistani forces and announced the declaration of Independence on March 26, 1971, ending the Liberation War.