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

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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

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* List of assassinations in Asia#India
* List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India

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