| Name
|
Year
|
Place
|
Position
|
Party
|
Assassin(s)
|
Reference
|
| Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
|
1948
|
New Delhi
|
Leader of the Indian Independence movement
|
Indian National Congress
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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]
|