Hriday Narayan Dikshit

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Hriday Narayan Dikshit
17th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 30 March 2017 – 28 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Mata Prasad Pandey
Succeeded by	Satish Mahana
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1985–1996
Constituency	Purwa
In office 11 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Constituency	Bhagwantnagar
Member of Legislative Council, Uttar Pradesh
In office 7 July 2010 – 6 July 2016
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Panchayati Raj, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 26 June 1995 – 18 October 1995
Personal details
Born	(1946-12-25) 25 December 1946 (age 77)[citation needed] Unnao, United Provinces, British India[citation needed]
Citizenship	India
Nationality	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Madhuri Dixit
Children	Maya Shukla, Arun Kumar Dixit, Dilip Kumar Dixit, Shushil Dixit and Mukta Dubey
Education	M.A (Economics)
Alma mater	Kanpur University
Profession	Indian Politician
Awards	Ganesh Shanker Vidhyarthi Award by Madhya Pradesh Government, Bhanu Pratap Shukla Journalism Award, Deendayal and Upadhyay Award by Chhoti Khatu Library, Rajasthan, Rastriya Sahitya Sarjak Award by Madhya Pradesh Bhartiya Sahitya Sabha, Baburao Paradkar Vishnu Patrakarita Shikhar Samman by Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Patrakar Sangh, Rangbharti and Dr. Hadgewar Pragya Samman for the year 2019 by Libray, Bengal Sabha West

Hriday Narayan Dikshit is an Indian politician and the former speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha, currently representing Bhagwantnagar (Assembly constituency) of Unnao district.

Hriday Narayan Dixit became an MLA from Bhagwantnagar in Unnao district, defeating BSP's Shashank Shekhar Singh by 53,366 votes.

Dixit is from Louva village of Purva tehsil in Unnao. He first became an MLA in 1985 after contesting as an Independent. In 1989, he became an MLA on a Janata Dal ticket. He later left the Janata Dal for the Samajwadi Party and in 1993, he was elected MLA for the third time. In 1995, during the SP-BSP coalition government, he was the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of Panchayati Raj. From 2010 to 2016, he was a BJP Legislative Council member and party leader. Dixit won the Bhagwantnagar seat on a BJP ticket, becoming an MLA for the fourth time.

During The Emergency in India, which was imposed in the country from 26 June 1975 to 21 March 1977, Dixit was also imprisoned for 19 months.

Dixit is also a writer. His articles have been published in newspapers like The Hindu and Navbharat Times.^[1][2]

Dixit also works as a journalist. He is an author and has written several books. His chief literary works are Madhu Abhilasha, Deen Dayal Upadhyay: Drashta, Drishti aur Darshan and Hind Swaraj ka Punarpaath.^[3]

Minor prose and CE.