Swaraj Kaushal (Sushma Swaraj’s

Some Lesser Known Facts About Swaraj Kaushal

• During the National Emergency (1975-77), Kaushal defended the socialist leader, George Fernandes in the Baroda dynamite case.

• He helped the former Chief Minister of Mizoram, Laldenga in the conspiracy trial in 1979. Thereafter, he became the constitutional adviser to the underground Mizo National Front during negotiations with the Govt. of India.

• Kaushal helped write the Mizoram Peace Accord, which ended the 20 years of insurgency.

• He was appointed the first Advocate General of Mizoram, the youngest-ever Advocate General in the country.

• On 20 December 1986, at the age of 34, Kaushal was designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court of India.

• At the age of only 37, he became the Governor of Mizoram, India’s youngest ever Governor of a state. He served the office from 8 February 1990 – 9 February 1993.

• From 1998 to 2002, he was a member of Haryana Vikas Party and got elected to the Rajya Sabha. From 2000 to 2002, Kaushal and Sushma were the members of the Rajya Sabha.

• He and Sushma Swaraj studied at Panjab University, Chandigarh where Sushma fell in love with him. Sushma loved him so much that she had to fight with her family to get married to Swaraj.

  

• On 6 August 2019, his wife, Sushma, died of a massive cardiac arrest.

• His wife, Sushma Swaraj, was a prominent politician and was the youngest cabinet minister in the country in the Haryana Govt. at the age of only 25. She was also the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.

• His daughter, Bansuri Swaraj, is a criminal lawyer and practises in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India.

• On 4 December 2025, Kaushal was rushed to AIIMS Delhi after complaining of chest pain. He, however, could not survive and passed away at the age of 73. His cremation took place later that day at Lodhi Road.