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Mar 31, 1938 Kapurthala, Punjab, India Died on 20 Jul 2019 (aged 81)
Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi
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About Sheila Dikshit
- Sheila Dikshit (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019), occasionally anglicised Dixit, was an Indian politician and stateswoman.
- One of the longest-serving chief ministers of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998.
- Dikshit led Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi. Dikshit lost the December 2013 elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly to the Aam Aadmi Party.
- She briefly served as the Governor of Kerala in 2014.
- Dikshit was later declared a chief ministerial candidate for the Indian National Congress in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, but withdrew her nomination.
- She was appointed as president of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 January 2019 and remained in office until her death in July later that year.
