Uma Shankar Dikshit
Uma Shankar Dikshit | |
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11th Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 5 February 1973 – 10 October 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Indira Gandhi |
Succeeded by | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
In office 19 May 1971 – 5 February 1973 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Kodardas Kalidas Shah |
Succeeded by | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (As MoS) |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 January 1901 Ugu, North-Western Provinces, British India (Now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Died | 30 May 1991 New Delhi, India | (aged 90)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Alma mater | Christ Church College, Kanpur |
| Relatives = Sheela Dixit, Sandeep Dixit
Uma Shankar Dikshit (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an Indian politician, cabinet minister and
Life
He was born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of Unnao of Uttar Pradesh state, to Ram Sarup and Shiv Pyari.[citation needed] He later studied at the Christ Church College, Kanpur.[2] As a student, he joined the freedom movement and became the Secretary of the District Congress Committee Kanpur during the period when Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was the President of the Committee.[citation needed]
He served the Country as the Home Minister, Health Minister and Governor of Karnataka & West Bengal.[citation needed] He also served as treasurer of All India Congress Committee, and Managing Director of Associated Journals at Lucknow. He founded a Girls Intermediate College at his village Ugu in the memory of his mother.[3]
He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India in 1989, by the Government of India.[4]
Career
After Independence, he remained close to Nehru and later sided with Indira Gandhi during the 1969 split in Indian National Congress. He joined the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1971, thereafter he remained Minister for Works and Housing, Govt. of India, 1971-72 later given additional charge of Health and Family Planning, Minister for Home Affairs, 1973–74 and Minister for Shipping and Transport, 1975. He also remained Treasurer, All India Congress Committee (AICC), 1970-75.[2][5]
He remained the
He died at New Delhi on 30 May 1991 after a prolonged illness at the age of 90 years.[citation needed]
References
- Governor of West Bengal website. Archived from the originalon 9 November 2013.
- ^ Governor of Karnatakawebsite.
- ^ "Famous Personalities - Profile". Unnao Nic. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- Govt. of Indiawebsite.
- ^ "Dikshit scripts history, sworn-in as CM for third time". Indian Express. 17 December 2008.