Sheila Dikshit

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Sheila Dikshit (2013)

Sheila Dikshit , sometimes Anglicized Sheila Dixit ( Hindi शीला दीक्षित , born March 31, 1938 in Kapurthala , Punjab (then British India ); † July 20, 2019 in New Delhi ), was an Indian politician of the Congress Party .

biography

Dikshit graduated from the University of Delhi . In the parliamentary elections in 1984 she won a constituency mandate for the first time in the constituency 67-Kannauj of Uttar Pradesh, but lost it again in the following election in 1989 . From 1998 to 2013 she was Chief Minister of Delhi as the successor to Sushma Swaraj . This was the longest term of office of a Chief Minister in Delhi to date (as of July 2019). Under her leadership, the Congress Party won three consecutive elections to Delhi's parliament (1998, 2003 and 2009). It was only in 2013 that she lost her position as Chief Minister to Arvind Kejriwal ( Aam Aadmi Party ). She served as governor of Kerala from 2013 to 2014 , but resigned from this post after the BJP won the 2014 general election . In January 2019, she ran in the all-India parliamentary election against Manoj Tiwari (BJP) in the constituency of northeast Delhi. It was unsuccessful, but the Congress party gained overall votes under their leadership.

Sheila Dikshit died after a long illness in July 2019 at the age of 81 in a clinic in New Delhi. In 2018 she had to undergo heart surgery in France.

Familiar

Sheila Dikshit's husband Vinod Dikshit was the son of Uma Shankar Dikshit , who was a confidante of Jawaharlal Nehru and later a minister in the cabinet of Indira Gandhi II and the governor of West Bengal and Karnataka . Her husband died of a heart condition in the 1980s. The marriage resulted in a daughter and son Sandeep Dikshit , who was also active as a politician .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed July 20, 2019 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).
  2. ↑ a b When Sheila Dikshit lost an election by over 53,000 votes and decided not to return to UP. India Today, July 14, 2016, accessed July 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi CM and Congress leader, passes away. Times of India, July 20, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 3-time Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit passes away at 81st India Today, July 20, 2019, accessed on July 20, 2019 (English).
  5. ^ Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi Chief Minister, no more. The Economic Times, July 20, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dikshit, Sheila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES शीला दीक्षित (Hindi); Dixit, Sheila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Kapurthala , Punjab , British India
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2019
Place of death New Delhi