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NEW DELHI: Sheila Dikshit, an Indian politician who was New Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, has died after a prolonged illness. She was 81.
Dikshit died Saturday at a hospital in New Delhi, where she had been admitted for treatment for a heart ailment.
A veteran leader of the opposition Congress party, Dikshit served as chief minister of the capital for three consecutive terms, from 1998 to 2013.
In a tweet on Saturday, the Congress party called her a "lifelong congresswoman" who "transformed the face of Delhi."
Dikshit was elected as a member of India's Parliament in 1984, representing Uttar Pradesh state. She also served as a federal minister from 1986 to 1989.
