Sheikh Hasina was born in Tungipara , East Pakistan on 28 September 1947 . Her father was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the first president of Bangladesh , and mother was Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib . As she said in many interviews that she had grown up in fear due to her father 's political works . She married M. A. Wazed Miah in 1968 , who was chosen for her by her father , Sheikh Mujibur Rahman . During the peak of violence of the 1970 Elections in Pakistan as well as her father 's arrest she had lived in refuge with her grandmother . She was active in the student politics of Eden Girl 's College , Dhaka Hasina was not in Bangladesh when her father and most of her family were assassinated on 15 August 1975 . She was in West Germany where her husband , M. A. Wazed Miah , was working as a Nuclear physicist . She moved to Delhi in the late 1975 and was provided asylum by India . Her son , Sajeeb Wazed Joy , studied at boarding schools India . During her time in India she was not involved in politics . She became close friends with Subhra Mukherjee , wife of future Indian President , Pranab Mukherjee
assassinated on 15 August 1975
Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Hasina