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    List of assassinated Indian politicians

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    This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassinated.

    Name Year Place Position Party Assassin(s) Reference
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1948 New Delhi Leader of the Indian Independence movement Indian National Congress
    Main article: Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

    Nathuram Godse, who blamed Gandhi for the partition of India.

    		[1]
    Pratap Singh Kairon 1965 Rohtak, East Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab Personal enmity [2]
    Balwant Rai Mehta 1965 Kutch, Gujarat Chief Minister of Gujarat
    Main article: Gujarat Beechcraft incident

    A Pakistan Air Force fighter jet piloted by Qais Hussain, shot down Mehta's aircraft in Kutch during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

    		[3]
    K. Kunhali 1969 Kerala MLA Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rival trade union member [4]
    Krishna Desai 1970 Maharashtra Communist Party of India Shiv Sena party members [5]
    Azhikodan Raghavan 1972 Kerala Convener of the Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Unknown. Most probably communist rebels [6][7]
    Manzurul Hasan Khan 1972 Chitarpur, Jharkhand MLA Communist Party of India Strongly raised his voice against the Mahajani Pratha across Bihar and West Bengal. [8]
    K B Sahay 1974 Hazaribag-Patna Highway in Sindoor, Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar Indian National Congress Opposite Faction of Indian National Congress. [citation needed]
    Lalit Narayan Mishra 1975 Samastipur, Bihar Minister of Railways Unknown [9]
    Lala Jagat Narain 1981 Jalandhar, Punjab MLA, MP, former Punjab minister Nacchitar Singh Rode, Sawaran Singh Rode, and Dalbir Singh (Babbar Khalsa claimed) [10][11][12]
    Mohinder Paul Kapurthala, Punjab General Secretary of Kapurthala District Janta Party Sikh Militants [13][14]
    Harbans Singh Machanda 1984 New Delhi President of DSGMC Indian National Congress Surinder Singh Sodhi (Sikh Militants) [15][16]
    Harbans Lal Khanna Punjab MLA Bharatiya Janata Party [17]
    V.N. Tiwari Chandigarh Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Indian National Congress [15][16]
    Omparkash Bagga Punjab Janta Party Punjab head, ex MLA Janta Party Sikh Militants [18]
    Hardyal Singh Party President of Jalandhar Indian National Congress
    Indira Gandhi New Delhi Prime Minister of India
    Main article: Assassination of Indira Gandhi

    Beant Singh and Satwant Singh (aided by Kehar Singh), Sikh bodyguards, in protest against Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. (Sikh militants)

    		[19]
    Balbir Singh Chaudhary 1985 Hoshiarpur, Punjab Former MP; Party President Punjab Lok Dal Sikh militants [20]
    Bhisham Parkash Punjab Party district President Indian National Congress
    Neta Hakimuddin Meerut, Utter Pradesh Party President of Meerut
    Lalit Maken New Delhi Member of cut, Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh "Kuki" Gill (Sikh militants) [21]
    Arjan Daas Congress (I) Leader and member of Delhi Metropolitan Council
    Main article: Assassination of Arjun Dass

    Harjinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha over involvement in 1984 anti-Sikh riots (Sikh militants)

    		[22]
    Harchand Singh Longowal Sherpur, Punjab President of the Akali Dal Akali Dal (L) Sikh militants [23]
    Ram Labbaya South of Amritsar, Punjab Leader Indian National Congress [24]
    Raj Pal Kang Fatehgarh Chaurian, Punjab Secretary of local branch
    Kalicharan Sharma 1986 Punjab Leader [25][26]
    Balbir Chand Local party leader [27]
    Sudesh Kumar Party activist Babbar Khalsa (Sikh militants)
    Sant Singh Lodhar, Punjab MLA Harjinder Singh Jinda (Khalistan Commando Force) [28]
    Darshan Singh Punjab MLA; Party leader Communist party of India Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [29]
    Baldev Singh Mann Amritsar, Punjab Political Leader Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation [29][30]
    Harjinder Singh All India Sikh Student Federation Opposing party members [29]
    Amarjit Singh 1987 Chandigarh MLA Akali Dal (B) Sikh militants [31]
    Hans Raj Sethi New Delhi Party repersenitive on Delhi Metropolitan Council Bharatiya Janata Party Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (Sikh militantns) [32]
    Sudarshan Munjal Party member
    Joginder Pal Pandey Ludhiana, Punjab General Secretary of Punjab Congress; Former Minister; Former MLA Indian National Congress Sikh militants [33]
    Satnam Singh Bajwa Punjab Local leader [34]
    Krishnan Mahajan Amritsar, Punjab Party official Shiv Sena
    Deepak Dhawan Punjab, Sanghe Politician Communist Party of India (Marxist). Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [35][36][37][38][39]
    Sawaran Signh Punjab CPI Vice president of Amritsar district Communist Party of India [40][41]
    Gurdial Singh Politician Communist Party of India (Marxist) [42][43]
    Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga 1988 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh MLA Indian National Congress [44]
    Hit Abhilashi Punjab Punjab wing president, former state minister, and former MLA Bharatiya Janata Party Sikh militants [45]
    Khushi Ram Sharma Punjab wing vice-president Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) [46]
    Ramkat Jalota Punjab wing president Shiv Sena [47][48][49]
    Pawan Kumar Jain Sikh militants [48]
    Jaimal Singh Padda Political Leader and Activist Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [50]
    Sudhir Sharma Ropar, Punjab Youth Wing district President Indian National Congress Sikh militants [51]
    Tarlochan Singh Riyasti Ludhiana, Punjab Former State Minister and Party leader [52][53]
    Jagat Ram Punjab State Party Vice-President and State Labor Minister Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants)
    Vilayati Ram Kaytal Kanpur, UP MLA Sikh militants [54][55]
    Lala Bhagwan Daas Punjab Punjab Congress Vice-president Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) [56][57]
    Sohan Singh Desi 1989 State Secretary of Punjab Democratic Youth Federation of India Communist Party of India (Marxist) Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [58][59]
    Sat Pal Parashar MLA Indian National Congress Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) [60][61][62][63]
    Das Raj Sahota Politician Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sikh militants [58][59]
    Balwant Singh 1990 Former treasurer of Punjab, former Deputy Chief Minister, former MLA Akali Dal (L) Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) [57][64]
    Harminder Singh Sandhu Amritsar, Punjab General Secretary All India Sikh Student Federation Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [65]
    Malkiat Singh Sidhu 1991 Moga, Punjab Planning Minister of Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Suspected Sikh militants [66]
    Nagina Rai Bihar Cabinet Minister Indian National Congress [67][68]
    Rajiv Gandhi Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu Prime Minister of India
    Main article: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

    Thenmozhi Rajaratnam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in protest against Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War.

    		[69]
    Gagandeep Punjab Politician Communist Party of India Sikh militants [70]
    Varinder Kumar Gagan Politician; Election Candidate Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gurdeep Singh Deepa (Khalistan Commandos Force) (Sikh militants) [71][72][73]
    Sarwan Singh Cheema MLA Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [74][75]
    Mohinder Kumar Ranjan Haryana Party District President Bharatiya Janata Party Sikh militants [76]
    Sher Singh 1992 Punjab President Shiromani Akali Dal (Youth Wing) Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) [77]
    Balwant Singh Sahral MLA Shiromani Akali Dal Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [78]
    Darshan Singh Kaypee Jalandhar, Punjab Congress party [77][79]
    Prem Kumar Sharma 1993 Bombay Bharatiya Janata Party D-Company [80]
    Ramdas Nayak 1994 [81]
    Thakur Ji Pathak Jharkhand, Bihar Activist, politician Janata Party

    Janata Dal

    		Political reasons/Mafia [82]
    Beant Singh 1995 Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab Indian National Congress Dilawar Singh Babbar, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Balwant Singh Rajoana and more. (Sikh militants) (Khalistan Commando Force and Babbar Khalsa) [83]
    Brij Behari Prasad 1998 Patna, Bihar Politician Rashtriya Janata Dal Surajbhan Singh, Shri Prakash Shukla, Vijay Kumar Shukla
    Alimineti Madhava Reddy 2000 Ghatkesar, Telangana Panchayatiraj, former Home Minister Telugu Desam Party Naxals [84]
    Abdul Ghani Lone 2001 Jammu and Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference Kashmiri militants [85]
    Phoolan Devi New Delhi Member of Parliament Samajwadi Party Sher Singh Rana [86]
    Ragya Naik Maddimadugu, Amrabad, Mahbubnagar MLA, Devarakonda constituency Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War [87]
    Haren Pandya 2003 Ahmedabad Home Minister Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party [88]
    Krishnanand Rai 2005 Baswania, Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari and eight others (accused). [89]
    Paritala Ravindra Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party Faction rival Maddelacheruvu Suri [90]
    Rajo Singh Sheikhpura, Bihar Indian National Congress Ashok Mahto gang
    Pramod Mahajan 2006 Mumbai Former Cabinet Minister Bharatiya Janata Party Pravin Mahajan (brother) for personal reasons. [91]
    Rulda Singh 2009 Punjab Punjab wing President Bharatiya Janata Party Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) [92]
    Madan Tamang 2010 Darjeeling, West Bengal President of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League [93]
    T. P. Chandrasekharan 2012 Kerala Revolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Marxist Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) [94]
    Mahendra Karma 2013 Sukma, Chhattisgarh Leader of the Opposition of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress
    Main article: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley

    Communist Party of India (Maoist) insurgents

    Nand Kumar Patel Home Minister [95]
    Vidya Charan Shukla Former Minister of External Affairs
    Dilip Sarkar West Bengal Former MLA Communist Party of India (Marxist) Trinamool Congress members. [96]
    Govind Pansare 2015 Maharashtra Politician Communist Party of India
    Durga Prasad Gupta 2016 Punjab Head of Labour Wing Shiv Sena (Punjab) Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) [97]
    Jagdish Gagneja Political Leader and state party Vice-president Bharatiya Janata Party [98]
    Satpal Kumar 2017 Shiv Sena [99][100][101]
    Amit Sharma Politician Indian National Congress [102]
    Ravinder Gosai Bharatiya Janata Party [103]
    Vipan Sharma District Leader Hindu Sangharsh Sena [104][105]
    Kidari Sarveswara Rao 2018 Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh MLA Telugu Desam Party Naxals [106]
    Siveri Soma Former MLA
    Kamlesh Tiwari 2019 Uttar Pradesh Politician Hindu Samaj Party [107]
    Sidhu Moose Wala 2022 Jawaharke, Punjab, India Politician Indian National Congress Lawrence Bishnoi Gang [108][109]
    Sudhir Suri Punjab Leader Shiv Sena Sandeep Singh over hate speech [110][111]
    Naba Das 2023 Odisha State Health Minister and MLA Biju Janata Dal Shot by his former personal security officer [112]
    Atiq Ahmed Uttar Pradesh Former MP and MLA Samajwadi Party Reason due to murder of Dalit leader Raju Pal. [113]
    Major Singh Dhaliwal Tarn Taran, Punjab Congress leader Indian National Congress Unidentified women [114]
    Baba Siddique 2024 Maharashtra Former MLA & Minister Nationalist Congress Party Lawrence Bishnoi Gang. [115]

    See also

    [edit]
    • List of assassinations in Asia#India
    • List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India

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