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	'''Uma Shankar Dikshit''' (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician, cabinet minister and [[Governor of West Bengal]]<ref name="wb">{{cite web\|url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm\|title=Governors >> Governors of Bengal from 1912 up to the present day\|publisher=[[Governor of West Bengal]] website\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072725/http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm\|archive-date=9 November 2013\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Governor of Karnataka]].<ref name=ka>[http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm Governors] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175628/http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm \|date=17 March 2012 }} [[Governor of Karnataka]] website.</ref>		'''Uma Shankar Dikshit''' (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an Indian politician, cabinet minister and [[Governor of West Bengal]]<ref name="wb">{{cite web\|url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm\|title=Governors >> Governors of Bengal from 1912 up to the present day\|publisher=[[Governor of West Bengal]] website\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072725/http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm\|archive-date=9 November 2013\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Governor of Karnataka]].<ref name=ka>[http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm Governors] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175628/http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm \|date=17 March 2012 }} [[Governor of Karnataka]] website.</ref>
	Born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of [[Unnao]] district, he got his education from Kanpur. Since his student life he joined the freedom movement and was the Secretary of the District Congress Committee Kanpur during the period when Sh. [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] was the President of the Committee. <br/>		Born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of [[Unnao]] district, he got his education from Kanpur. Since his student life he joined the freedom movement and was the Secretary of the District Congress Committee Kanpur during the period when Sh. [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] was the President of the Committee. <br/>
	He served the Country as the Home Minister, Health Minister and Governor of [[Karnataka]] & [[West Bengal]]. 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.<ref name="nic">{{cite web \|url=http://unnao.nic.in/Personali.htm \|title=Famous Personalities - Profile\|publisher=Unnao Nic \|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref><br/>		He served the Country as the Home Minister, Health Minister and Governor of [[Karnataka]] & [[West Bengal]]. 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.<ref name="nic">{{cite web \|url=http://unnao.nic.in/Personali.htm \|title=Famous Personalities - Profile\|publisher=Unnao Nic \|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref><br/>

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Uma Shankar Dikshit
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| alt =
| order2 =
| office2 = 10th [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_start2 = 5 February 1973
| term_end2 = 10 October 1974
| primeminister2 = Indira Gandhi
| predecessor2 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| successor2 = [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| order1 = 7th
| office1 = Governor of Karnataka
| term_start1 = 10 January 1976
| term_end1 = 2 August 1977
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[D. Devaraj Urs]]
| predecessor1 = [[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]
| successor1 = [[Govind Narain]]
| order = 12th
| office = Governor of West Bengal
| term_start = 2 October 1984
| term_end = 12 August 1986
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| predecessor = [[Satish Chandra (politician)|Satish Chandra]]
| successor = [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| primeminister3 = Indira Gandhi
| term_start3 = 19 May 1971
| term_end3 = 5 February 1973
| predecessor3 = [[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
| successor3 = [[Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar]] {{small|''(As [[Minister of State|MoS]])''}}
| birth_date = 12 January 1901
| birth_place = [[Unnao district|Ugu]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>{{small|''(Now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])''}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|5|30|1901|1|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[Christ Church College, Kanpur]]
}}

'''Uma Shankar Dikshit''' (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an [[India]]n politician, cabinet minister and [[Governor of West Bengal]]<ref name="wb">{{cite web|url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm|title=Governors >> Governors of Bengal from 1912 up to the present day|publisher=[[Governor of West Bengal]] website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072725/http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm|archive-date=9 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Governor of Karnataka]].<ref name=ka>[http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm Governors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175628/http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/UmaShankarDikshit.htm |date=17 March 2012 }} [[Governor of Karnataka]] website.</ref>
Born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of [[Unnao]] district, he got his education from Kanpur. Since his student life he joined the freedom movement and was the Secretary of the District Congress Committee Kanpur during the period when Sh. [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] was the President of the Committee. <br/>
He served the Country as the Home Minister, Health Minister and Governor of [[Karnataka]] & [[West Bengal]]. 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.<ref name="nic">{{cite web |url=http://unnao.nic.in/Personali.htm |title=Famous Personalities - Profile|publisher=Unnao Nic |access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref><br/>
He was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second highest civilian award in India in 1989, by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php|title=Padma Vibhushan Awardees|publisher=[[Govt. of India]] website}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in Ugu in [[Unnao district]] ([[Unnao]]) of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state, to Ram Sarup and Shiv Pyari, he later studied at the [[Christ Church College, Kanpur]].<ref name=ka/>

==Career==
Uma Shankar Dikshit started his political career when he joined the [[Indian freedom movement]], during which he was imprisoned four times.

Post-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.<ref name=ka/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Dikshit-scripts-history-swornin-as-CM-for-third-time/399571/|title=Dikshit scripts history, sworn-in as CM for third time|date=17 December 2008|work=Indian Express}}</ref>

He remained the [[Governor of Karnataka]], 1976–77 and [[Governor of West Bengal]] 1984-1986.

He died at New Delhi on 30 May 1991 after a prolonged illness at the age of 90 years.

==Family==
His son Vinod Dikshit was a member of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] (IAS), who married [[Sheila Dikshit]], later [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] for three consecutive terms starting from 1998 until 2013. His grandson, [[Sandeep Dikshit]], was a member of parliament from East Delhi for Congress and granddaughter is Latika Syed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=26734|title=Sheila Dikshit: Profile|date=10 December 2003|work=Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="itd">{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/article/past+tense+future+perfect/1/123577.html|title=Story: Past Tense, Future Perfect|date=27 December 2010|magazine=[[India Today]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Governors of West Bengal}}
{{Governors of Karnataka}}
{{Home Ministry (India)}}
{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}

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