Rare and unseen pictures of Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away in Delhi following a cardiac arrest on August 06, 2019. Here are a few glimpses from her life in pictures…
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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj being greeted by her daughter Bansuri and her husband Swaraj Kaushal after being designated as Chief Minister of Delhi at her residence in New Delhi on October 10, 1998. (BCCL)
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee receives a flower bouquet from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj upon his arrival at the Parliament House in New Delhi on February 17, 2003. (BCCL)
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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj (L) being greeted by Sheila Dikshit after being sworn-in as the Delhi Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan in New Delhi on October 12, 1998. (BCCL)
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Sushma Swaraj being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Delhi by lieutenant governor Vijay Kapoor in New Delhi on October 12, 1998. (BCCL)
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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj (R) with former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma after being sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Delhi at Raj Niwas in New Delhi on October 12, 1998. (BCCL)
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President APJ Abdul Kalam administers polio drops to a child as Union Minister Sushma Swaraj holds a baby during the polio eradication campaign held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj during a party meeting held in New Delhi on March 8, 1998. (BCCL)
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Delhi Chief Minister Sushma Swaraj with Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Surjit Singh Barnala at the Shiromani Akali Dal convention supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on November 19, 1998. (BCCL)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as they wait for the arrival of Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete for his ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on June 19, 2015. (BCCL)
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Sushma Swaraj, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and its Lok Sabha candidate from South Delhi constituency, attending an election meeting in New Delhi on April 25, 1996. (BCCL)
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Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani offers sweets to Sushma Swaraj after she was unanimously elected as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on December 18, 2009. (BCCL)
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National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders LK Advani, Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes, Yerran Naidu and Vijay Kumar Malhotra during a meeting at the Parliament House in New Delhi on April 28, 2005. (BCCL)
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Bollywood actress Kajol greeted by BJP politician Sushma Swaraj during the special screening of Hindi film ‘U, Me Aur Hum’ hosted by MP Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi. (BCCL)
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Former Union Ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party senior leaders Jaswant Singh, Murali Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj taking part in the office bearers’ meeting held at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on July 6, 2005. (BCCL)
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj crack a joke with a group of young invitees on International Women’s Day at PM’s residence in New Delhi on March 8, 2003. (BCCL)
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gestures while addressing at a news conference on NSA level talks with Pakistan in New Delhi on August 22, 2015. (BCCL)
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UPA Chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi (L) with senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj during traditional ‘At-Home’ function organised on the occasion of 67th Independence Day celebrations at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on August 15, 2013. (BCCL)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj before addressing a joint news conference in New Delhi on July 31, 2014. (BCCL)
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Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav (right) during an all-party meeting to discuss the Women’s Reservation Bill prior to its tabling in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on April 5, 2010. (BCCL)
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Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj being welcomed by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mahila Morcha during a ‘Holi Milan Samaroh’ on the eve of Holi at party office in New Delhi on March 5, 2004. (BCCL)
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Narendra Modi greeted by Sushma Swaraj ahead of a meeting at BJP State Headquarter in New Delhi on May 17, 2014. (BCCL)
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Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj at her office on the first day in New Delhi on May 28, 2014. (BCCL)
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The smiling duo of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani and Sushma Swaraj at the BJP National Council Conference in New Delhi on January 28, 2008. BJP announced reservation of 33 per cent posts in the party’s organisational structure for women. (BCCL)
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(L-R) Vijay Mallya, Sharad Pawar, Sushma Swaraj and Lalit Modi watching the IPL T20 match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on April 04, 2010. (BCCL)
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Having been sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj clicked at the party headquarters in New Delhi on October 11, 1998. (BCCL)
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Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj attends a ‘Holi Milan Samaroh’ at the Bharatiya Janata Party office in New Delhi on March 5, 2004. (BCCL)
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa accompanied by the Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Sushma Swaraj as he arrives to partake in the state co-ordination committee meeting of the BJP in Bangalore on November 18, 2009. (BCCL)
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(From left) LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Narendra Modi with other state ministers wave to the crowd at Swarnim Gujarat, the celebration of 50 years of Gujarat, held at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on May 01, 2010. (BCCL)
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BJP leader Sushma Swaraj addressing the BJP-Shiv Sena election rally in Mumbai on September 4, 2004. (BCCL)
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Brinda Karat (right), Sushma Swaraj and other MPs in jubilant mood after the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, Parliament House in New Delhi on March 9, 2010. (BCCL)
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BJP MP and Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj interacts with the media in New Delhi on November 6, 2001. (BCCL)
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Senior BJP leader LK Advani (R) and Sushma Swaraj (L) present bouquets to Lok Sabha MP Jaswant Singh, who rejoins the party in New Delhi on June 24, 2010, after getting expelled on account of his remarks on Pakistan’s founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah. (BCCL)
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Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj speaks during an event, Women Townhall, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on October 14, 2017. (BCCL)
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Bharatiya Janata Party veteran LK Advani greets Sushma Swaraj after she was unanimously elected as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on December 18, 2009. (BCCL)
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Former Union Minister and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj participating in a meeting with some of the candidates for the MCD elections at the BJP office in New Delhi on March 19, 2007 (BCCL)
