New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Khaleda Zia passed away on 30 December at the age of 80. Meanwhile, many users are wondering if the former prime minister of Bangladesh was an Indian?

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader's links to India were shaped by her birthplace, and family history.

Bangladesh's first female prime minister was born as Khaleda Khanam Putul on 15 August 1945 in Jalpaiguri. It is now a major city in the northern part of West Bengal. Back then, it was a part of Bengal Province in British India.

Her father, Iskandar Ali Majumder, worked in the tea business and belonged to Feni. The city now belongs to the Chittagong Division in Bangladesh.

Her mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was born in Chandbari village. It is now in the Utt...