Shrish Chandra Dikshit

Shrish Chandra Dikshit
Shrish Chandra Dikshit
MP, Lok Sabha
	In office; 10th Lok Sabha.
Preceded by	Anil Kumar Shastri
Succeeded by	Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
Constituency	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	3 January 1926; Raebareli, United Provinces, British India
Died	8 April 2014 (aged 88); Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Citizenship	India
Nationality	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Spouse	Mrs. Uma Dikshit.
Children	2 sons & 3 daughters.
Residence	Varanasi & New Delhi.
Alma mater	Lucknow University.
Profession	Police officer & Social worker.

Shrish Chandra Dikshit was an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament in the 10th Lok Sabha. Dikshit represented the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.^[1] He died in April 2014.^[2]

Education & background[edit]

Dikshit was born in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.^{[citation needed]} He attended the Lucknow University and gained LL.B & M.A. degrees.^{[citation needed]} He was a retired I.P.S officer and after retirement, joined politics in 1984.^[1] He died at his hometown in Raebareli on 8 April 2014 and was given full Police honours at his cremation, which as per his instructions was done at an electric crematorium, so as to not waste wood. Also, his ashes were not immersed in the Ganges so as to not pollute it.^{[citation needed]}

Police Service[edit]

Shrish Chandra Dikshit received I.P.S training at the Central Police Training College (C.P.T.C), Mount Abu.^{[citation needed]} Dikshit served as First Class Magistrate, Subdivisional District Magistrate (SDM), SP, IG of CID, DG of Home Guard and held the post of DG for state of Uttar Pradesh from 1982 to 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Awards[edit]

Dikshit has received following awards as an I.P.S officer.^{[citation needed]}

1973: Indian Police Medal for long and meritorious service.^{[citation needed]}

1980: President's Police Medal for distinguished service.^{[citation needed]}

Politics[edit]

In 1984, Dikshit became a member of VHP. Due to his association with VHP and involvement with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, in 1990 he was arrested and detained.

Dikshit was elected in 10th Lok Sabha from Varanasi constituency as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]

Posts Held[edit]

#	From	To	Position
01	1991	1996	Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Lok Sabha profile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ "91-year-old ex-MP Shirish Chandra Dixit dies after prolonged illness - IBNLive". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[Lok_Sabha_profile-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Lok Sabha profile". Lok Sabha website. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

[2] "91-year-old ex-MP Shirish Chandra Dixit dies after prolonged illness - IBNLive". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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