List of assassinated Indian politicians


This is an incomplete list of Important Indian politicians who were assassinated mainly for ideological or political reasons.
NameYearPlacePositionPartyOstensible reasonReference
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi1948New DelhiLeader of the Indian Independence movementIndian National CongressHeld Gandhi responsible for the Partition of India
Pratap Singh Kairon1965RohtakChief Minister of PunjabIndian National CongressPersonal enimity
Balwant Rai Mehta1965KutchChief Minister of GujaratIndian National CongressPakistani fighter plane, which shot down Mehta's aircraft while flying through Kutch-
K. Kunhali1969KeralaMLACommunist Party Rival party member
Krishna Desai1970:Category:Maharashtra politician stubs|MaharashtraMLACommunist
K B Sahay1974Hazaribag-Patna Highway in Sindoor, BiharChief Minister of BiharIndian National CongressFactional fight inside congress party-
Lalit Narayan Mishra1975Samastipur, BiharMinister of RailwaysIndian National Congress
Indira Gandhi1984New DelhiPrime Minister of IndiaSikhs in protest against Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple, Amritsar
Lalit Maken1985New DelhiMember of Parliament,Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh Gill
Rajiv Gandhi1991Sriperumbudur, Tamil NaduLeader of oppositionTamil Tigers in protest against sending Indian troops to Sri Lanka
Nagina Rai1991BiharCabinet Minister
Prem Kumar Sharma1993BombayMLABharatiya Janata Party
Beant Singh1995Chandigarh, PunjabChief Minister of PunjabIndian National CongressSuspected Khalistani separatists in a car bombing in secretariat building in Chandigarh killing 17 others including 3 Indian commandos
Alimineti Madhava Reddy2000Ghatkesar, TelanganaPanchayatiraj, former Home MinisterTelugu Desam Party
Abdul Ghani Lone2001Jammu and KashmirKashmiri separatist leader.Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference
Ragya Naik2001Maddimadugu village, Amrabad mandal, MahbubnagarMLA, Devarakonda constituencyIndian national Congress
Phoolan Devi2001New DelhiMember of ParliamentSamajwadi Party
Haren Pandya2003AhmedabadHome Minister GujaratBharatiya Janata Party
Krishnanand Rai2005Baswania, Uttar PradeshMLABharatiya Janata Party
Paritala Ravindra2005Ananthapur, Andhra PradeshMLATelugu Desam Party
Pramod Mahajan2006Mumbaiformer Cabinet MinisterBharatiya Janata Party
Madan Tamang2010Darjeeling, West BengalPresident, Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha LeagueAkhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
T. P. Chandrasekharan2012KeralaRevolutionary MarxistRevolutionary Marxist Party
Vidya Charan Shukla2013Sukma, ChhattisgarhMinister of External AffairsIndian National CongressCommunist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic
Nand Kumar Patel2013Sukma, ChhattisgarhHome MinisterIndian National CongressCommunist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic
Mahendra Karma2013Sukma, ChhattisgarhLeader of the OppositionIndian National CongressCommunist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic