Dehradun, May 9 (PTI) Sushila Baluni, a veteran Uttarakhand statehood activist and former chairperson of the state women's commission, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday. She was 84.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief at her death, saying her contribution to the creation of a separate state of Uttarakhand will always be remembered.

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Baluni had been ill for the past few years and died at the Max hospital here. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

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