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Rajiv Dixit
Rajiv Dixit (Right) with D. P. Agrawal (Left)
Born(1967-11-30)30 November 1967
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died30 November 2010(2010-11-30) (aged 43)
Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
NationalityIndian
SpouseBachelor
Websitehttp://www.rajivdixit.com/

Rajiv Dixit was an Indian social activist. He started social movements in order to spread awareness on topics of Indian national interest through the Swadeshi movement, Azadi Bachao Andolan, and various other works.[1] He served as the National Secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Andolan.[2] He was a strong believer in and campaigner for the use only of Indian-origin products.[3] He had also worked for spreading awareness about Indian history and issues in the Indian economic policies.[4]

Early life

Rajiv Dixit was born on 30 November 1967 in Naah village of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Under the tutelage of his father Radhe Shyam Dixit, he was educated till the 12th grade in the village schooling system in Firozabad. He was influenced by the ideologies of Indian revolutionaries like Dayanand Saraswati, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh and Udham Singh. Later in life, he began to appreciate the early works of Ram Prasad Bismil. His life was also dedicated to causes like stopping alcohol and gutka production, cow-butchering and social injustices. On 9 January 2009, he became one of the founders of Bharat Swabhiman movement.

He worked with D. P. Agrawal to find the ancient technical knowledge of India through a survey done by William Adams in 1820.

Suggestion and opinion

  • Dixit suggested that the Indian Supreme Court should declare money held by Indians in Swiss banks as national property so that foreign banks would have to legally hand over this money to India.[5]

Movements

Rajiv Dixit supported the movement of opening a chain of Swadeshi General Stores, where only Indian-made goods are sold.

  • He believed in Swadeshi.[6] He initiated movements like the Swadeshi Movement and Azadi Bachao Andolan (Save Freedom Movement)[7] and became their spokesperson.[8] He addressed a rally of over 50,000 people under the leadership of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch in New Delhi.[9] He also took leadership of the programme held at Calcutta which was supported and promoted by various organizations and prominent personalities and was celebrated all over India on the eve of the 150th Anniversary of the 1857 war of Indian Independence.[9]
  • He demanded decentralization of taxation system, saying that the current system is the core reason for the corruption in bureaucracy. He said that 80% of taxes is being used to pay the politicians and bureaucrats and just 20% for development purposes for the people. He compared the current budget system of the Indian government to the earlier British budget system in India, presenting statistics to show that they are the same. Recently he was working with Ramdev in Bharat Swabhiman Andolan as national secretary.[10]
  • He also doubted the terrorist attack on the United States' World Trade Center, claiming that it was stage managed by U.S. Government itself, and supported the claims of the Lone Lantern Society of the U.S.[11]
  • He also said that "liberalization, privatization and globalization, the three evil faces staring at us today, have pushed us towards a suicidal state."[1] Presenting an exhibition on the violent history of colonialism in 1998, he argued that these were its modern forms.[12]
  • He argued that modern thinkers have neglected agricultural sectors and farmers have been left to feed themselves and commit suicide.[1] Expressing his views on the Indian judiciary and legal system, he said that India is still following the laws and acts enacted during the British era and had not taken the burden of changing them as per the requirement of Indian people.[2]

Death

He died on 30 November 2010 while in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh,[13] to deliver a lecture as a part of his Bharat Swabhiman Yatra.

Publications

Dixit wrote several books, including the four-volume Swadeshi Chikitsa, Gau Gauvansh Par Aadharit Swadeshi Krishi and Gau Mata Panchgavya Chikitsa.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Raju Bist (29 June 2004). "A price too high for Indian farmers". Asia Times. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Bharat Swabhiman will contest 2014 Parliamentary polls: Dixit | iGoa". Navhindtimes.in. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. ^ "People For People Foundation". Peopleforpeoplecbe.org. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Vivek Vani". Vivek Vani. 12 January 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  5. ^ "India's freedom locked in Swiss banks?". Times of India. 25 November 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. ^ Siddiqui, Tanvir (9 February 2000). "No English please, we're at Swadeshi Mela, say PSUs". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. ^ Priyanka P. Narain (5 April 2009). "'And then, there will be a revolution'". Mint. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Regular Activities | Arise, Awake!!". Vsmpantnagar.org. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Content". Organiser. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  10. ^ TNN, 9 Mar 2003, 09.56pm IST (9 March 2003). "Decentralise taxes, says Azadi Bachao Andolan supporter". Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "National : `9/11 attack was stage-managed'". The Hindu. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  12. ^ "Colonialism's enduring images on display". Financial Express. 26 May 1998. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Ramdev alleges conspiracy to link him to death of an associate". The Economic Times. PTI. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Rajiv Dixit Books". Ringaal. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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