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1945 Khaleda Zia, politician and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Birbhum district, West Bengal province, British India. Google | 1984 Khaleda Zia was elected the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Google | 1984 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) elects Khaleda Zia as the Chairperson of the party. Google | 1991 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerges as the single largest party in the country's first free and fair elections, held under a neutral caretaker government; Khaleda Zia sworn in Prime Minister. Google | 1996 Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC) filed a graft case with Ramna Police Station against Khaleda Zia holding her responsible for the illegal appointments of 746 sub-inspectors of police. Google | 2001 With more than two-thirds majority in parliament the Four Party Alliance under BNP led by Khaleda Zia formed the government. Google | 2001 Begum Khaleda Zia takes oath of office as Member of Parliament (MP) after BNP led coalition got landslide victory in General Election. Google | 2001 Begum Khaleda Zia sworn in as Prime Minister of the country after BNP led coalition got landslide victory in General Election. Google | 2001 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia directs the Home Ministry to take necessary steps to combat terrorism across the country. Google | 2007 BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Joint Secretary General Ashraf Hossain were expelled from BNP by Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia following her arrest that day for attempts to split the party in the name of reforms with support from the government. Google | 2007 Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was arrested from her Dhaka cantonment house along with her younger son Arafat Rahman on charges of corruption. She was sent to a special jail set up in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (national parliament) complex. Google | 2008 Khaleda Zia was bailed after 12 months in detention under the military backed caretaker government. Google | 2008 Khaleda Zia, BNP leader and former Bangladeshi prime minister, was released on bail from prison after spending a year on corruption charges. Google | 2010 BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia loses Dhaka Cantonment residence as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court dismisses three petitions she filed in connection with the house. Google | 2011 Bangladesh police said the main opposition leader, ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia, has been accused of abuse of power and graft in a new case filed by Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission. Google | 2015 An arrest warrant is issued for Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, after she fails to show up to face graft charges. Google | 2017 Ex Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as per court verdict is jailed for 5 years in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. She is imprisoned in old Dhaka Central Jail located in Nazimuddin Road. Google |