Sushma Swaraj's marriage anniversary today

July 13, 2011 17:45

It's Sushma Swaraj's marriage anniversary and on Twitter, the senior BJP leader has been surprisingly forthcoming on personal details.

She says (in this compilation of tweets) ...

Today is our wedding annniversary.I got married to Swaraj Kaushal in 1975. We were both practising lawyers before Supreme Court of India. I was elected to Haryana Assembly in 1977 and became the youngest Cabinet Minister in the country at the age of 25 years.

Swaraj ji was designated as a Senior Advocate by Supreme Court of India in 1986 and became the first Advocate General of Mizoram. He was Governor of Mizoram for three years (1990-93).

He holds the distinction of being youngest Governor in the country at 37 years of age. He was Member of Parliament from 1998-2004.

Our only child is a daughter Bansuri. She is a Barrister from Inner Temple. She has done her Masters from Oxford University.

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