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At a glance: Sheila Dikshit, the charismatic Delhi CM

New Delhi: In 1998, Congress president Sonia Gandhi took a big gamble, when she virtually parachuted Sheila Dikshit from the humdrum of dusty UP politics to the vortex of Delhi politics. Politics in Delhi Congress



Born in Kapurthala, she is a convent educated with her masters from Miranda house, Delhi University. Dikhsit since a very young kept herself involved in Youth Empowerment. She played a vital role in establishing two most successful hostels for working women in Delhi in 1970s.

She very efficiently represented the nation at the United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five consecutive years.