List of assassinated Indian politicians
This is an incomplete list of Important Indian politicians who were assassinated mainly for ideological or political reasons.
| Name | Year | Place | Position | Party | Ostensible Reason |
| Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1948 | New Delhi | Leader of the Indian freedom movement (1920-1947) | Indian National Congress | Held Gandhi responsible for the partition of India |
| Pratap Singh Kairon | 1965 | Rohtak | Chief Minister of Punjab | Indian National Congress | Personal Enmity |
| Lalit Narayan Mishra | 1975 | Samastipur, Bihar | Union minister of Railways | Indian National Congress | |
| Indira Gandhi | 1984 | New Delhi | Indian prime minister | Indian National Congress | Sikhs in protest against Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple, Amritsar |
| Rajiv Gandhi | 1991 | Tamil Nadu | Indian prime minister | Indian National Congress | Tamil Tigers in protest against sending Indian troops to Sri Lanka |
| Beant Singh | 1995 | Punjab | Chief minister of Punjab | Indian National Congress | suspected Khalistani separatists in a car bombing in secretariat building in Chandigarh killing 17 others including 3 Indian commandos. |
| Vidya Charan Shukla | 2013 | Chhattisgarh | Minister of External Affairs | Indian National Congress | Communist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic |
| Nand Kumar Patel | 2013 | Chhattisgarh | Home Minister (Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh) | Indian National Congress | Communist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic |
| Mahendra Karma | 2013 | Chhattisgarh | Leader of the Opposition, Chhattisgarh | Indian National Congress | Communist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic |
This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassinated mainly for ideological or political reasons.
- K. Kunhali (1969), CPM MLA from Nilambur, Kerala
- Krishna Desai (1970), CPI MLA, Bombay
- Lalit Maken (1985), MP and trade union leader
- Nagina Rai (1991), Congress minister from Bihar[1]
- Prem Kumar Sharma (1993), Bombay
- Alimineti Madhava Reddy (2000), Garu, Panchayatiraj/Home Minister, Andhra Pradesh.
- Abdul Ghani Lone (2001), Kashmiri separatist leader
- Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit turned politician and activist for people of lower castes
- Krishnanand Rai (2005), BJP MLA from UP
- Paritala Ravindra (2005), TDP MLA from Penukonda, Ananthapuram, Andhra Pradesh.
- Pramod Mahajan (2006), BJP MP, Bombay, Information and Broadcast minister
- Madan Tamang (2010), president of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
- T.P. Chandrasekharan (2012), RMP
References
- ↑ "It all started with the murder of Late Mr. Nagina Rai, former MP of Gopalganj in 1991." http://zeenews.india.com/BiharElection2010/story.aspx?aid=662790 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110607/jsp/bihar/story_14079722.jsp
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