Rajiv Dixit: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Indian social activist (1967-2010)}}

'''Rajiv Dixit''' (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/the-irresponsible-wicked-conspiracy-that-haunts-baba-ramdev/54602/|title=The 'irresponsible, |last=Team|first=ThePrint|date=3 May 2018|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> was an Indian social activist.

He was an ardent promoter of Swadeshi activism and was the national secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. He received his primary and secondary education in [[Firozabad]].

Dixit died on 30 November 2010 in [[Bhilai]], [[Chhattisgarh]], with cardiac arrest being stated to be the cause of death. The cremation was conducted by Ramdev and Rajiv's brother Pradeep. However, some of Dixit's friends conjectured that [[Ramdev]] did not like Dixit's increasing popularity, and that he played a role in his death. However, Ramdev dismissed the claims as conspiracy theories by his political opponents.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Worth|first=Robert F.|date=2018|title=The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/magazine/the-billionaire-yogi-behind-modis-rise.html}}</ref>