List of assassinated Indian politicians

This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassinated mainly for ideological or political reasons.

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 enimity [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 Rival party member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). [4]
Krishna Desai 1970 Maharashtra MLA Communist Party of India Shiv Sena party members [5]
Azhikodan Raghavan 1972 Kerala The convener of the Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Unknown [6][7]
K B Sahay 1974 Hazaribag-Patna Highway in Sindoor, Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar Indian National Congress Opposite Faction of Indian National Congress.
Lalit Narayan Mishra 1975 Samastipur, Bihar Minister of Railways [8]
Indira Gandhi 1984 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.

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Lalit Maken 1985 New Delhi Member of Parliament, Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh "Kuki" Gill [10]
Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga 1988 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh MLA Devineni Nehru, Telugu Desam Party leader. [11]
Malkiat Singh Sidhu 1991 Moga, Punjab Planning Minister of Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Sikh militants [12]
Nagina Rai Bihar Cabinet Minister Indian National Congress [13][14]
Rajiv Gandhi Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu Leader of opposition
Main article: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

Tamil Tigers in protest against sending Indian troops to Sri Lanka.

 [15]
Prem Kumar Sharma 1993 Bombay MLA Bharatiya Janata Party D-Company [16]
Ramdas Nayak 1994 Bombay MLA D-Company [17]
Beant Singh 1995 Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab Indian National Congress Sikh militants Dilawar Singh Babbar and Balwant Singh Rajoana. [18]
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 [19]
Abdul Ghani Lone 2001 Jammu and Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader. Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference Kashmiri militants [20]
Phoolan Devi New Delhi Member of Parliament Samajwadi Party Sher Singh Rana [21]
Ragya NaikMaddimadugu, Amrabad, MahbubnagarMLA, Devarakonda constituencyIndian National CongressCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War[22]
Haren Pandya 2003 Ahmedabad Home Minister Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party [23]
Krishnanand Rai 2005 Baswania, Uttar Pradesh MLA Mukhtar Ansari alonwith eight other people are accused of killing Krishnanand Rai along with eight other peoples. [24]
Paritala Ravindra Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh MLA Telugu Desam Party Killed in faction by his rival Maddelacheruvu Suri [25]
Rajo Singh 2005 Sheikhpura, Bihar MLA Indian National Congress Ashok Mahto gang
Pramod Mahajan 2006 Mumbai Former Cabinet Minister Bharatiya Janata Party Pravin Mahajan (brother) killed Pramod Mahajan for personal reasons. [26]
Madan Tamang 2010 Darjeeling, West Bengal President, Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League [27]
T. P. Chandrasekharan 2012 Kerala Revolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Marxist Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) [28]
Mahendra Karma 2013 Sukma, Chhattisgarh Leader of the Opposition Indian National Congress
Main article: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley

Communist Party of India (Maoist) insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic.
Nand Kumar Patel Home Minister [29]
Vidya Charan Shukla Former Minister of External Affairs
Dilip Sarkar 2013 West Bengal Ex-MLA Communist Party of India (Marxist) All India Trinamool Congress members. [30]
Govind Pansare 2015 Maharashtra Politician Communist Party of India Pansare used to run an organisation which encouraged inter-caste marriages. He had opposed the Putrakameshti yajna, a Hindu ritual that supposed results in a male child. He had protested toll taxes. He had also criticised the glorification of Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Gandhi.

See also

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