List of assassinated Indian politicians
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This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassin
ated mainly for ideological or political reasons.
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
ated mainly for ideological or political reasons.
- Abdul Ghani LoneAbdul Ghani LoneAbdul Ghani Lone was an Indian lawyer and politician who for most of his professional career worked as a Kashmiri separatist....
, (2002), moderate leader of KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
i Muslims - Azhikodan raghavanAzhikodan RaghavanAzhikodan Raghavan was a leader of Communist Party of India /CPI.He was born on July 1, 1919 at South Bazar, Kannur. He had his primary education from the 'Model Primary School' attached to Kannur Govt. Training school.After passing Vth std he was forced to discontinue his formal education...
CPI(M) State Secretary, KeralaKeralaor Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions.... - Beant Singh(Chief Minister), (1995), chief minister of Punjab
- Datta Samant, Union Leader from MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
- Deendayal UpadhyayaDeendayal UpadhyayaPandit Deendayal Upadhyaya , along with Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, was an important leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, now the Bharatiya Janata Party.-Earlier Life and Education:...
, (1968) , Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana SanghThe Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties...
(Now BJP) - Haren PandyaHaren PandyaHaren Pandya was the Home Minister of the Gujarat State in India. He was murdered in 2003 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, when he was sitting in his car after a morning walk in the Law Garden area in ahmedabad.-Political career:...
, (2003), Home Minister from Gujarat - Indira GandhiIndira GandhiIndira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...
, (1984), Indian prime minister - Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader
- Phoolan DeviPhoolan DeviPhoolan Devi , popularly known as the "Bandit Queen", was an Indian dacoit and later a politician. After being gang-raped by some upper-caste members of her gang, Phoolan Devi turned a bandit, and killed 22 upper-caste villagers in 1981. Following this, she became notorious across India as a bandit...
, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes - Pratap Singh KaironPratap Singh KaironPratap Singh Kairon was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader...
, Chief Minister of Punjab - Prem Kumar SharmaPrem Kumar SharmaPrem Kumar Shankardat Sharma was leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai Maharashtra. In 1985 he was elected as a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Khetwadi . He was re-elected for second time in 1990. He was shot dead in June 1993. He had contested 1991 Lok Sabha election against...
,Mumbai - Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira - Alimineti Madhava ReddyAlimineti Madhava ReddyAlimineti Madhava ReddyShri Alimineti Madhava ReddyAlimineti Madhava ReddyShri Alimineti Madhava ReddyAlimineti Madhava ReddyShri Alimineti Madhava Reddy((born Wadaparthy, Bhongir, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh; 28 Feb 1949 – 7th Mar 2000) a politician from Telugu Desam Party....
Garu, Panchayatiraj/Home Minister, Andhra Pradesh. - Vangaveeti Mohana RangaVangaveeti Mohana RangaVangaveeti Mohana Ranga was a Indian National Congress politician in Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh.-Personal life:...
, Congress MLA from VijayawadaVijayawadaVijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...
, Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. - Krishnanand Rai, BJP MLA from UP
- Nagina Rai, Congress minister from Bihar
- Paritala RavindraParitala RavindraParitala Ravindra popularly known as Paritala Ravi was a political leader and factionist in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a former cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly when he was slain by his political rivals in 2005...
, TDP MLA from Penukonda, AnanthapuramAnanthapuramAnanthapuram is a panchayat town in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.-Demographics: India census, Ananthapuram had a population of 5869. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ananthapuram has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average...
, Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. - K. KunhaliK. KunhaliKarikadan Kunhali , popularly known as Sakhavu Kunhali , was a malayali communist leader and a two time MLA of Kerala Legislative Assembly...
, CPM MLA from NilamburNilamburNilambur is a municipality and a taluk in the Malappuram district of Kerala, South India. It is famous for its forests, especially its wildlife habitats, rivers, waterfalls and teak plantations. It is situated close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River...
, KeralaKeralaor Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions.... - Pramod MahajanPramod MahajanPramod Venkatesh Mahajan was a prominent Indian politician. He was one of the most powerful second generation leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and, at the time of his death, was locked in a power struggle over who would take over the reins of the BJP when the current aging leadership...
, BJP MP, Mumbai - Lalit makan
- Madan Tamang in Darjling
- Lalit Narayan MishraLalit Narayan MishraLalit Narayan Mishra was railway minister of India from 1973 to 1975. He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Bihar Kesari Sri Krishna Sinha when he was made parliamentary secretary at his insistence to the First Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In...
- Union minister of Railways, assassinated in 1975