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Jyotindra Nath Dixit

1936 - 2005

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Jyotindra Nath Dixit (8 January 1936 – 3 January 2005) was an Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service , who served as the National Security Advisor of India to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is mostly remembered for his role as a negotiator in disputes with Pakistan and China. He also served as Foreign Secretary (1991–1994), the highest bureaucratic post in the Ministry of External Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jyotindra Nath Dixit is the 19,337th most popular politician (down from 18,962nd in 2024), the 1,416th most popular biography from India (down from 1,361st in 2019) and the 304th most popular Indian Politician.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jyotindra Nath Dixit ranks 597Before him are Garfield Sobers, Maurice Setters, Sue Ane Langdon, Alcee Hastings, Lucille Clifton, and Indu Jain. After him is Rafael Campos. Among people deceased in 2005, Jyotindra Nath Dixit ranks 384Before him are Constance Moore, Mo Mowlam, Mitch Hedberg, Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, and Anita Kulcsár. After him are Michael P. Murphy, Nicole DeHuff, Andreas Makris, Chris Candido, Peter Cargill, Lamont Bentley, and Terri Schiavo case.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jyotindra Nath Dixit ranks 1,415 out of 1,861Before him are Anurag Kashyap (1972), Karen David (1979), Arjun Sarja (1962), Smriti Irani (1976), and Arundhati Bhattacharya (1956). After him are Salil Shetty (1961), Deepa Malik (1970), Bhumika Chawla (1978), Sangeeta Bijlani (1960), Sampat Pal Devi (1961), Parag Agrawal (1984), and Dipika Kakar (1986).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jyotindra Nath Dixit ranks 304Before him are Seeman (1966), Raghubar Das (1955), Bob Woolmer (1948), Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), Smriti Irani (1976), and Arundhati Bhattacharya (1956). After him are Ashwini Vaishnaw (1970), Tamilisai Soundararajan (1961), Harjit Sajjan (1970), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (1970), Ravi Shastri (1962), and Himanta Biswa Sarma (1969).