August 6 marks the death Anniversary of the Iron Lady of India, Sushma Swaraj.
Sushma Swaraj was the youngest ever cabinet minister who handled the berth External Affairs. She was widely known as a people's minister in her tenure.
Swaraj immensely contributed to the growth of Bhartiya Janata Party and was always ready to take up challenges.
At the age of 67, the Iron lady of India breathed her last.
On her second death anniversary, rich tributes poured in for the former External Affairs minister on Twitter where political leaders remembered her powerful oratory, compassion and rich contribution to India's diplomacy.
As External Affairs Minister in the previous Modi government, Swaraj brought a rare empathy and a human approach in helping out the Indian diaspora in distress with her revolutionary social media outreach.
In her tenure as External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj also brought a sense of assertiveness in India's diplomacy besides making the diaspora a central focus of the country's foreign policy priorities.
Swaraj was one of the most followed Foreign Ministers on Twitter globally. The powerful orator was an easily-accessible leader who played a key role in the BJP's emergence in the late 1990s.
Here are few of the important facts of the Iron Lady of India-
