Remembering Sushma Swaraj: India will miss country’s most reachable Foreign Minister

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A woman of many hats, former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj passed away on August 6, Tuesday due to a massive heart attack. Known as one of the most 'Millenial' minister in the Modi cabinet, she made administration more accessable to people – through Twitter. Swaraj's body is now kept at her home, and will be shifted to the BJP headquarters after 11 PM. The last rites will be performed at Lodhi cermatorium of New Delhi. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

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Swaraj at her new residence in Dhawandeep building on the Jantar Mantar road in New Delhi, after vacating her official residence. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

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Being born in a political family, she joined politics early in life – and it all started with the anti-Emergency movement launched by Jayaprakash Narayan. In 1977, she contested her first election and became a cabinet minister just at the age of 25. (Express Archive)

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In 1975, Sushma Swaraj married criminal lawyer Swaraj Kaushal, a senior advocate of the Supreme Court. Swaraj went on to become the youngest Governor in the country in 1990, when he was appointed as the Governor of Mizoram. (Expess photo)

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BJP Leader Sushma Swaraj at the first day of Parliament. (Express archive photo by Sunil Saxena)

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During her tenure as a Foreign Minister, Operation Rabat was carried out – in which thousands of Indian and foreign nationales were evacuated from conflict-torn Yemen, she earned accolades. (Agencies)

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During her short tenure as Union Cabinet minister for Information and Broadcasting under Vajpayee, she took a revolutionary step and started live telecasting of Lok Sabha proceeding. (Express Archive Photos)

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Sushma Swaraj greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his visit to India in 2018 at Air Force station. (Express Photo by Renuka Puri)

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Sushma Swaraj was sworn in as the first female chief minister of Delhi in 1998. In her swearing in ceremony was conducted by then Lt. Governor Vijay Kapoor at Raj Bhavan in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

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Swaraj with US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at technical airport in New Delhi in 2018. (Agencies)

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Then External affair Minister Sushma Swaraj sharing a light moment with King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck's son Gyalsey, along with the Queen of Bhutan, after their arrive in New Delhi on 31 oct 2017. (Express photo by Renuka Puri.)