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Rajiv Dixit (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) was an Indian activist who promoted ayurveda and opposed allopathic medicine and opposed multi-national corporations and promotes swadeshi culture.

He completed his elementary and middle school education in Firozabad. In 1994 he went to Allahabad for higher education, but became an activist before completing his education. Rajiv Dixit was the national secretary of Bharat swabhiman trust.

Career

Dixit founded the "Azadi Bachao Andolan" (Save Freedom Movement) in the early 1990s as a campaign to protect Indian industries, at a time when multi-national corporations were increasing their presence in India as a part of a trend towards globalisation. An aide to Ramdev, Dixit served as the national secretary of Ramdev's anti-corruption organisation Bharat Swabhiman Andolan.

During his career as an activist, Dixit demanded decentralisation of the Indian taxation system, stating that the existing system was the core reason for bureaucratic corruption. He claimed that 80 percent of tax revenue was used to pay the salaries of politicians and bureaucrats and compared the modern budget system of the Indian government to the earlier British budget system in India. He tried to bring educational reforms in India.

Death

Dixit died on 30 November 2010 in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. After a lecture at Bemetra in Durg, he was accompanied by Daya Sagar, a local Bharat Swabhiman Andolan officer, while driving to Bhilai. During the trip he felt uncomfortable and sweated. At Daya Sagar's residence, he fell down in the bathroom. Initially he insisted on not going to the doctor. After a call from Baba Ramdev, he was first taken to Sector 9 Hospital in Bhilai and then transferred to the BSR Apollo Hospital. According to Dr. Dilip Ratnani, he died of a massive heart attack at night between 1 and 2 AM. On 1 December, his body was sent by air to Aligarh without an autopsy. His body was displayed at Patanjali Yogapita and later cremated with mukhagni lit by his brother Pradip Dixit and Baba Ramdev. Later the Prime Minister's Office ordered an investigation into his death in 2019.

There is a belief among his followers that he was poisoned to death because of his movement against multinational companies in India and other countries. Some of his supporters claimed foul play by Baba Ramdev, but Ramdev dismissed the claims.

See also

• Khadi
• Khadi and Village Industries Commission
• List of unsolved deaths
• Make In India
• National Charkha Museum
• Sarvodaya
• Standup India
• Startup India
• Swadeshi Jagaran Manch
• Swaraj

References

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4. Kumaraswam, B. M. (2 December 2010), "Youthful crusader of Swadeshi", The New Indian Express, Shimoga
5. Priyanka P. Narain (5 April 2009), And then, there will be a revolution, Mint
6. Raju Bist (29 June 2004), "A price too high for Indian farmers", Asia Times, Mumbai, archived from the original on 4 August 2004{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "Decentralise taxes, says Azadi Bachao Andolan supporter", The Times of India, 9 March 2003, archived from the original on 11 August 2011
8. क्या राजीव दीक्षित की मौत के रहस्य से उठेगा पर्दा ? #PMO ने दिए जांच के आदेश, Patrika, January 23, 2019
9. राजीव दीक्षित, स्वदेशी के प्रखर प्रवक्ता, राजीव भाई की शहादत, 2010
10. भारत स्वाभिमान आंदोलन के Rajiv Dixit की मौत की फाइल फिर खुली, Nai Dunia 09 Aug 2019
11. The ‘irresponsible, wicked conspiracy’ that continues to haunt Baba Ramdev, The Print, 3 May, 2018
12. Worth, Robert F. (2018). "The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi's Rise". The New York Times.

• 1967 births
• 2010 deaths
• Activists from Uttar Pradesh
• Swadeshi activists
• Unsolved deaths
• Writers from Prayagraj