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Rajiv Dixit (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) was a Scientist and an Indian activist.

He was an activist and was the national secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Trust. He received his primary and secondary education in Ayodhya.

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.

Death

Dixit died on 30 November 2010 in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. There is still a strong belief that he was poisoned to death because of his movement against multinational companies in India. The cremation was conducted by Ramdev and Rajiv's brother Pradeep.

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

1. ^ Kidwai, Rasheed (19 June 2016). "Baba's 'plan' that went bust". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
2. Team, ThePrint (3 May 2018). "The 'irresponsible". ThePrint. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
3. Kumaraswam, B. M. (2 December 2010), "Youthful crusader of Swadeshi", The New Indian Express, Shimoga
4. Priyanka P. Narain (5 April 2009), And then, there will be a revolution, Mint
5. Raju Bist (29 June 2004), "A price too high for Indian farmers", Asia Times, Mumbai, archived from the original on 4 August 2004
6. "Decentralise taxes, says Azadi Bachao Andolan supporter", The Times of India, 9 March 2003, archived from the original on 11 August 2011
7. Worth, Robert F. (2018). "The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi's Rise". The New York Times.

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