Sheila Dikshit had served for three consecutive terms between 1998 and 2013.
The last rites of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who died yesterday following a cardiac arrest, will be performed at 2.30 pm today. The veteran Congress leader's body is currently kept at her residence in Delhi's Nizamuddin area. It will be taken to the Congress headquarters in the morning for final respects before being taken for her last rites at Nigam Bodh ghat.
The Delhi government has declared a two-day state mourning for Sheila Dikshit's death, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted.
Sheila Dikshit, 81, was admitted to Fortis Escorts hospital in a critical condition yesterday morning. "A multi-disciplinary team of doctors, led by Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, carried out the advanced resuscitative measures. Her condition stabilised temporarily," Fortis said in a statement. She died at 3.55 pm, after her second cardiac arrest, the statement said.
She is the longest serving chief minister of the state, having served for three consecutive terms between 1998 and 2013. She was succeeded by Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal.
Sheila Dikshit, after her stint as Delhi chief minister, was sworn in as Kerala Governor in 2014, but resigned in just six months.