diff --git a/Dijkstra/Python2.7/Dijkstra.py b/Dijkstra/Python2.7/Dijkstra.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+
+# Python program for Dijkstra's single  
+# source shortest path algorithm. The program is  
+# for adjacency matrix representation of the graph 
+  
+# Library for INT_MAX 
+import sys 
+  
+class Graph(): 
+  
+    def __init__(self, vertices): 
+        self.V = vertices 
+        self.graph = [[0 for column in range(vertices)]  
+                      for row in range(vertices)] 
+  
+    def printSolution(self, dist): 
+        print "Vertex tDistance from Source"
+        for node in range(self.V): 
+            print node,"t",dist[node] 
+  
+    # A utility function to find the vertex with  
+    # minimum distance value, from the set of vertices  
+    # not yet included in shortest path tree 
+    def minDistance(self, dist, sptSet): 
+  
+        # Initilaize minimum distance for next node 
+        min = sys.maxint 
+  
+        # Search not nearest vertex not in the  
+        # shortest path tree 
+        for v in range(self.V): 
+            if dist[v] < min and sptSet[v] == False: 
+                min = dist[v] 
+                min_index = v 
+  
+        return min_index 
+  
+    # Funtion that implements Dijkstra's single source  
+    # shortest path algorithm for a graph represented  
+    # using adjacency matrix representation 
+    def dijkstra(self, src): 
+  
+        dist = [sys.maxint] * self.V 
+        dist[src] = 0
+        sptSet = [False] * self.V 
+  
+        for cout in range(self.V): 
+  
+            # Pick the minimum distance vertex from  
+            # the set of vertices not yet processed.  
+            # u is always equal to src in first iteration 
+            u = self.minDistance(dist, sptSet) 
+  
+            # Put the minimum distance vertex in the  
+            # shotest path tree 
+            sptSet[u] = True
+  
+            # Update dist value of the adjacent vertices  
+            # of the picked vertex only if the current  
+            # distance is greater than new distance and 
+            # the vertex in not in the shotest path tree 
+            for v in range(self.V): 
+                if self.graph[u][v] > 0 and sptSet[v] == False and 
+                   dist[v] > dist[u] + self.graph[u][v]: 
+                        dist[v] = dist[u] + self.graph[u][v] 
+  
+        self.printSolution(dist) 
+  
+# Driver program 
+g  = Graph(9) 
+g.graph = [[0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0], 
+           [4, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 11, 0], 
+           [0, 8, 0, 7, 0, 4, 0, 0, 2], 
+           [0, 0, 7, 0, 9, 14, 0, 0, 0], 
+           [0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0], 
+           [0, 0, 4, 14, 10, 0, 2, 0, 0], 
+           [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 6], 
+           [8, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 7], 
+           [0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 6, 7, 0] 
+          ]; 
+  
+g.dijkstra(0); 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This repository contains examples of various algorithms written on different pro
 | [Bubble Sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort)                                        | [:octocat:](bubble_sort/C)            | [:octocat:](bubble_sort/Cpp)          |                                       |                                       |
 | [Shell Sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellsort)                                           |                                       |                                       |                                       | [:octocat:](shell_sort/Python)        |
 | [Heap Sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heapsort)                                             |                                       |                                       |                                       | [:octocat:](heap_sort/python)        |
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+| [Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm)                              |           |                                      |         | [:octocat:](Dijkstra/Python2.7/)     |
 
 ## Implemented Data Structures