Uma Shankar Dikshit | |
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| 11th Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 2 October 1984 – 12 August 1986 | |
| Chief Minister | Jyoti Basu |
| Preceded by | Satish Chandra (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| 2nd Governor of Karnataka | |
| In office 10 January 1976 – 2 August 1977 | |
| Chief Minister | D. Devaraj Urs |
| Preceded by | Mohan Lal Sukhadia |
| Succeeded by | Govind Narain |
| 10th Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 5 February 1973 – 10 October 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Indira Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 19 May 1971 – 5 February 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Kodardas Kalidas Shah |
| Succeeded by | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar (As MoS) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1901 Ugu, North-Western Provinces, British India (Now in Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 30 May 1991 (aged 90) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Relatives | Sheila Dikshit (daughter-in-law) Sandeep Dikshit (grandson) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church College, Kanpur |
Uma Shankar Dikshit (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an Indian politician, cabinet minister and Governor of West Bengal[1] and Governor of Karnataka.[2]
- ^ "Governors >> Governors of Bengal from 1912 up to the present day". Governor of West Bengal website. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
- ^ Governors Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Governor of Karnataka website.