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Sushma Swaraj passes away at 67; PM Modi, LK Advani pay last respects

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New Delhi: Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away in Delhi following a cardiac arrest. She was admitted to AIIMS earlier yesterday. She was the first woman external affairs minister of India. 

The 67-year-old leader, who had served her fourth term in Lok Sabha had long been her party’s most prominent woman face. She was the youngest cabinet minister at 25 when she joined the Haryana government in 1977 and the first woman chief minister of Delhi.