In 1938 Sheila Dikshit was born. She was a politician and stateswoman from India.
Sheila Dikshit (March 31, 1938 – July 20, 2019) was an Indian politician. She was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female Chief Minister of any Indian state, commencing in 1998. In Delhi, Dikshit led the Congress party to three consecutive electoral triumphs. She is known as the modern Delhi's architect. Dikshit lost the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections in December 2013 to the Bharatiya Janata Party, however the Aam Aadmi Party created a minority administration with outside backing from the INC, with Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister. In 2014, she served as the Governor of Kerala for a limited period of time. Dikshit was later named the Indian National Congress's chief ministerial candidate.
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