| Uma Shankar Dikshit | |
| Office2: | 10th Minister of Home Affairs |
| Term Start2: | 5 February 1973 |
| Term End2: | 10 October 1974 |
| Primeminister2: | Indira Gandhi |
| Predecessor2: | Indira Gandhi |
| Successor2: | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
| Order1: | 2nd |
| Office1: | Governor of Karnataka |
| Term Start1: | 10 January 1976 |
| Term End1: | 2 August 1977 |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | D. Devaraj Urs |
| Predecessor1: | Mohan Lal Sukhadia |
| Successor1: | Govind Narain |
| Order: | 11th |
| Office: | Governor of West Bengal |
| Term Start: | 2 October 1984 |
| Term End: | 12 August 1986 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Jyoti Basu |
| Predecessor: | Satish Chandra (acting) |
| Successor: | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| Office3: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| Primeminister3: | Indira Gandhi |
| Term Start3: | 19 May 1971 |
| Term End3: | 5 February 1973 |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Ugu, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Alma Mater: | Christ Church College, Kanpur |
| Relatives: | Sheila Dikshit (daughter-in-law) Sandeep Dikshit (grandson) |
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]
He was born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of Unnao of Uttar Pradesh state, to Ram Sarup and Shiv Pyari. He later studied at the Christ Church College, Kanpur.[2] As a student, he joined the freedom movement and became the Secretary of the District Congress Committee Kanpur during the period when Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was the President of the Committee.
He served the Country as the Home Minister, Health Minister and Governor of Karnataka & West Bengal. He also served as treasurer of All India Congress Committee, and Managing Director of Associated Journals at Lucknow. He founded a Girls Intermediate College at his village Ugu in the memory of his mother.[3]
He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India in 1989, by the Government of India.[4]
After Independence, he remained close to Nehru and later sided with Indira Gandhi during the 1969 split in Indian National Congress. He joined the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1971, thereafter he remained Minister for Works and Housing, Govt. of India, 1971-72 later given additional charge of Health and Family Planning, Minister for Home Affairs, 1973–74 and Minister for Shipping and Transport, 1975. He also remained Treasurer, All India Congress Committee (AICC), 1970-75.[2] [5]
He remained the Governor of Karnataka, 1976–77 and Governor of West Bengal 1984-1986.
He died at New Delhi on 30 May 1991 after a prolonged illness at the age of 90 years.