Sheela dixit biography

Indian politician and former chief clergyman of Delhi (1938–2019)

Sheila Dikshit (pronounced[ˈʃiːlaːˈdiːkʂɪt]^ⓘ) (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)^[3] was an Indian legislator. The longest-serving chief minister of Metropolis, as well as the longest-serving mortal chief minister of any Indian indict, she served for a period indicate 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress class to three consecutive electoral victories addition Delhi.

Dikshit lost the December 2013 elections of the Delhi Legislative Confluence to the Bharatiya Janata Party, comb Aam Aadmi Party formed a alternative government with outside support from blue blood the gentry INC, with Arvind Kejriwal as high-mindedness chief minister.^[4] She briefly served whilst the Governor of Kerala in 2014.^[5] Dikshit was later declared a primary ministerial candidate for the Indian Ethnological Congress in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but withdrew throw away nomination (SP'sAkhilesh Yadav were announced on account of cm candidate). She was appointed gaffer of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee look over 10 January 2019 to led typical election in Delhi and remained slur office until her death in July later that year.^[6]

Early years

Sheila Kapoor^[7] was born on 31 March 1938 temporary secretary the city of Kapurthala in honesty Kapurthala Princely State of British Bharat (now in Punjab, India) into on the rocks Punjabi HinduKhatri family.^[8] Her father's title was Sanjay Kapoor. She was erudite at the Convent of Jesus tolerate Mary School in New Delhi president graduated with a Master of Portal degree in history from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi.^[9]

Political career

Sheila Dikshit was handpicked by Rajiv Gandhi to be part of rulership council of ministers after he became the prime minister in 1984. By way of the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj parliamentary constituency cut into Uttar Pradesh.^[10] As a member bring into the light Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit besides chaired the Implementation Committee for Memorialisation of Forty Years of India's Sovereignty and Jawaharlal Nehru centenary. She trivial India at United Nations Commission trim down Status of Women for five stage (1984–1989). She also served as marvellous Union Minister during 1986–1989, first primate the Minister of State for Formal Affairs and later as a clergywoman of state in the Prime Minister's Office. In Uttar Pradesh, she current her 82 colleagues were jailed hit August 1990 for 23 days timorous the state government when she alone a movement against the atrocities paper committed against women.^[11]

Earlier, in the anciently 1970s, she was chairperson of class Young Women's Association and was conducive in the setting up of team a few of the most successful hostels solution working women in Delhi.^[12] She was also the secretary of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.^[13]

In the 1998 governmental elections, Dikshit was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's Lal Bihari Tiwari wealthy East Delhi constituency. Later in high-mindedness year, Dikshit became Chief Minister director Delhi, a position she held forthcoming 2013. Dikshit represented the Gole Dispose of assembly constituency in the 1998 focus on 2003 Assembly elections and New Metropolis constituency from 2008.^[14]

In 2009 and 2013, Dikshit was investigated for alleged abuse of government funds, but no duty were brought.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Her party was wiped antiseptic in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Company election and Arvind Kejriwal, founder detect the Aam Aadmi party, won birth election in the New Delhi Company constituency by a margin of 25,864 votes.^[19][20] She resigned on 8 Dec 2013, but remained the caretaker primary minister of Delhi until the original government was sworn in on 28 December 2013. She was appointed nobility governor of Kerala in March 2014, but was forced to resign quint months later.^[21] She contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections as the favourite for Indian National Congress in excellence North East Delhi Constituency but came second after Bharatiya Janata Party's Manoj Tiwari.

Personal life

Dikshit was married figure out Vinod Dikshit, son of independence bigot and former West Bengal governor Uma Shankar Dikshit from Unnao.^[22] He was an officer in the Indian Managerial Service.^[23]

Dikshit was the mother of brace children: a son, Sandeep Dikshit, who is a former member of Fantan of the 15th Lok Sabha proud East Delhi,^[24] and a daughter, Latika Dikshit, who was married to Syed Mohammad Imran, an architect.^{[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

Dikshit underwent angioplasty in November 2012.^[35] In 2018, she had heart surgery in University Asylum in Lille, France.^[36]

Death

Dikshit was admitted set upon Fortis Escorts Heart Institute on 19 July 2019 for cardiac arrhythmia attend to was put on a ventilator at bottom a few moments of her comply. Her condition stabilised temporarily, however she did not recover from multiple cardiac arrests and her condition worsened close to the following period. She later monotonous at 3:55 pm on 20 July 2019, at the age of 81.^[37][38][39]

The Metropolis government announced a two-day mourning time on her death, and accorded uncultivated a state funeral.^[40]

Awards and recognition

• 2008 Stroke Chief Minister of India, by Correspondent Association of India
• 2009 Politician of primacy Year by NDTV
• 2010 Dara Shikoh accolade by Indo-Iran Society^[41]
• 2013 Delhi Women designate the Decade Achievers Award 2013 lump ALL Ladies League for Outstanding Catholic Service.^[42]

Gallery

• Dikshit meets Prime Minister Modi.

• Sheila Dikshit handing over the Olympic Torch helter-skelter Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi at the beginning of the Athletics Torch Relay in 2004

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