Hriday Narayan Dikshit

Hriday Narayan Dikshit
Dikshit in 2017
17th Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
30 March 2017 – 28 March 2022
GovernorRam Naik
Anandiben Patel
Preceded byMata Prasad Pandey
Succeeded bySatish Mahana
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–1996
ConstituencyPurwa
In office
11 March 2017 – 10 March 2022
ConstituencyBhagwantnagar
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
7 July 2010 – 6 July 2016
ConstituencyElected by the MLAs
Minister of Legislative Affairs & Panchayati Raj of Uttar Pradesh
In office
26 June 1995 – 18 October 1995
Chief MinisterKumari Mayawati
Personal details
Born (1946-12-25) 25 December 1946
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseMadhuri Dixit
Children5
EducationM.A (Economics)
Alma materKanpur University
OccupationPolitician
Awards
  • Padma Shri (2025)
  • Ganesh Shanker Vidhyarthi Award
  • Bhanu Pratap Shukla Journalism Award
  • Deendayal and Upadhyay Award
  • Rastriya Sahitya Sarjak Award
  • Baburao Paradkar Vishnu Patrakarita Shikhar Samman
  • Rangbharti and Dr. Hadgewar Pragya Samman (2019)
NicknamePandit Ji
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Hriday Narayan Dikshit (born 25 December 1946) is an Indian politician and a 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 Dikshit received Padma Shri for literature and education in 2025.