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Sheila Dikshit Cremated In Delhi With Full State Honours

Mortal remains of Sheila Dikshit, the three-time chief minister of Delhi and senior Congress leader, were consigned to fire at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Sunday.

She was accorded a state funeral. The Delhi government had also declared two-day mourning in the national capital as a mark of respect for her.

Dikshit breathed her last at Fortis Escorts Hospital on Saturday afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was the longest-serving chief minister of Delhi from 1998 to 2013.

OB Bureau

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