A Daughter`s connect: Bangladesh PM Shiekh Hasina to begin India visit from Nizamuddin Dargah

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be beginning her India visit from the much-revered Nizamuddin Dargah here on Monday (September 5). The holy Sufi shrine has been an important pilgrimage site for both PM Hasina and her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for more than half a century. During the visit, PM Hasina is expected to meet Syed Basit Nizami who is the Sajjada Nashin or successor of a Sufi master who is custodian or trustee at the shrine. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman used to come to meet his Grandfather--Syed Mohamad Miya Nizami, and Sheikh Hasina his father, Kabir Uddin Nizami.