Jyotindra Nath Dixit

Jyotindra Nath Dixit (January 8, 1936 – January 3, 2005), commonly referred as J. N. Dixit, was an Indian diplomat and former Indian Foreign Secretary (1991–1994), the top bureaucratic job in the Ministry of External Affairs. At the time of his death he was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India and is most remembered for his role as a negotiator in Pakistan and China Disputes. Born in Chennai, then known as Madras, to famous Malayali writer Munshi Paramu Pillai and Retnamayi Devi. He got his surname, Dixit, from his stepfather Sitaram Dixit, a freedom fighter and journalist. He did his schooling in Central India, Rajasthan and Delhi. there after he did B.A. Honors Degree in Philosophy, Economics and Political...