Former I & B Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj, 67, passed away at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on 6th August Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack in the evening. She was brought to AIIMS at 10:15 PM and was straight away taken to the emergency ward.
Under the PM Vajpayee Government, she was sworn in as Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting with additional charge of the Ministry of Telecommunications from 19 March 1998 to 12 October 1998. Her most notable decision during this period was to declare film production as an industry, which made the Indian film industry eligible for bank finance. She also started community radio at universities and other institutions. She returned to Parliament in April 2000 as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh. She was inducted into the Union Cabinet as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, a position she held from September 2000 until January 2003.
Sushma Swaraj (née Sharma) was born on 14 February 1953 at Ambala Cantt, Haryana. Her father was a prominent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member. Her parents hailed from Dharampura area of Lahore, Pakistan. She was educated at Sanatan Dharma College in Ambala Cantonment and earned a bachelor's degree with majors in Sanskrit and Political Science. She studied law at Punjab University, Chandigarh. A state-level competition held by the Language Department of Haryana saw her winning the best Hindi Speaker award for three consecutive years. In 1973, Swaraj started practice as an advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi from 13 October 1998 to 3 December 1998. She was Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from January 2003 until May 2004, As Union Health Minister, she set up six All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Bhopal (MP), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rishikesh (Uttrakhand). Swaraj served as the Minister of External Affairs of India from 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019. Swaraj was called India's 'best-loved politician' by the US daily Wall Street Journal.
Sushma Swaraj's body has been taken to her home, Dhawan Deep Building, in Connaught Place, New Delhi. On Wednesday at 12pm, her body will be taken to BJP's headquarters and the last rites will be performed at Lodhi Road Electric Crematorium at 3pm.
Prasar Bharati Parivar condoles the demise of Former I & B Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj and prays to the almighty for the peace of departed soul.
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