This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassinated.

NameYear PlacePositionPartyAssassin(s)ReferenceMohandas Karamchand Gandhi1948New DelhiLeader of the Indian Independence movement Indian National CongressNathuram Godse, who blamed Gandhi for the partition of India.Pratap Singh Kairon1965Rohtak, East PunjabChief Minister of PunjabPersonal enmity Balwant Rai Mehta1965Kutch, GujaratChief Minister of GujaratA Pakistan Air Force fighter jet piloted by Qais Hussain, shot down Mehta's aircraft in Kutch during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.K. Kunhali1969KeralaMLACommunist Party of India (Marxist)Congress affiliated trade union member Krishna Desai1970MaharashtraCommunist Party of IndiaShiv Sena party membersAzhikodan Raghavan1972KeralaConvener of the Left FrontCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Unknown. Most probably K. Karunakaran group of congress(INC)Manzurul Hasan Khan1972Chitarpur, JharkhandMLACommunist Party of IndiaStrongly raised his voice against the Mahajani Pratha across Bihar and West Bengal.K B Sahay1974Hazaribag-Patna Highway in Sindoor, BiharChief Minister of BiharIndian National CongressOpposite Faction of Indian National Congress.Lalit Narayan Mishra1975Samastipur, BiharMinister of RailwaysUnknownLala Jagat Narain1981Jalandhar, PunjabMLA, MP, former Punjab ministerNacchitar Singh Rode, Sawaran Singh Rode, and Dalbir Singh (Babbar Khalsa claimed) Mohinder PaulKapurthala, PunjabGeneral Secretary of Kapurthala DistrictJanta PartySikh MilitantsHarbans Singh Machanda1984New DelhiPresident of DSGMCIndian National CongressSurinder Singh Sodhi (Sikh Militants)Harbans Lal KhannaPunjabMLABharatiya Janata PartyV.N. TiwariChandigarhMember of Parliament, Rajya SabhaIndian National CongressOmparkash BaggaPunjabJanta Party Punjab head, ex MLA Janta Party Sikh MilitantsNew York Times:INDIAN ARMY TAKES OVER SECURITY IN PUNJAB AS NEW VIOLENCE FLARESHardyal SinghParty President of JalandharIndian National CongressIndira GandhiNew DelhiPrime Minister of IndiaBeant Singh and Satwant Singh (aided by Kehar Singh), Sikh bodyguards, in protest against Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. (Sikh militants)Balbir Singh Chaudhary1985Hoshiarpur, PunjabFormer MP; Party PresidentPunjab Lok DalSikh militantsBhisham ParkashPunjabParty district PresidentIndian National CongressNeta HakimuddinMeerut, Utter PradeshParty President of MeerutLalit MakenNew DelhiMember of cut,Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh "Kuki" Gill (Sikh militants)Arjan DaasCongress (I) Leader and member of Delhi Metropolitan CouncilHarjinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha over involvement in 1984 anti-Sikh riots (Sikh militants)Harchand Singh LongowalSherpur, PunjabPresident of the Akali DalAkali Dal (L)Sikh militantsRam LabbayaSouth of Amritsar, PunjabLeaderIndian National CongressRaj Pal KangFatehgarh Chaurian, PunjabSecretary of local branchKalicharan Sharma1986PunjabLeaderBalbir ChandLocal party leaderSudesh KumarParty activistBabbar Khalsa (Sikh militants)Sant SinghLodhar, PunjabMLAHarjinder Singh Jinda (Khalistan Commando Force)Darshan SinghPunjabMLA; Party leaderCommunist party of IndiaKhalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Baldev Singh MannAmritsar, PunjabPolitical LeaderCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationHarjinder SinghAll India Sikh Student FederationOpposing party membersAmarjit Singh1987ChandigarhMLAAkali Dal (B)Sikh militantsHans Raj SethiNew DelhiParty repersenitive on Delhi Metropolitan CouncilBharatiya Janata PartyBhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (Sikh militantns)Sudarshan MunjalParty memberJoginder Pal PandeyLudhiana, PunjabGeneral Secretary of Punjab Congress; Former Minister; Former MLAIndian National CongressSikh militantsSatnam Singh BajwaPunjabLocal leaderKrishnan MahajanAmritsar, PunjabParty officialShiv SenaDeepak DhawanPunjab, SanghePoliticianCommunist Party of India (Marxist). Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)ਜੋ ਲਾਰੇ ਦੀਨ ਕੇ ਹੇਤ book in Punjabi by Loveshinder Singh DalewalSawaran SignhPunjabCPI Vice president of Amritsar districtCommunist Party of IndiaGurdial SinghPoliticianCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga1988Vijayawada, Andhra PradeshMLAIndian National CongressHit AbhilashiPunjabPunjab wing president, former state minister, and former MLABharatiya Janata PartySikh militantsThe Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Bathinda EditionKhushi Ram SharmaPunjab wing vice-presidentKhalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants)Ramkat JalotaPunjab wing presidentShiv SenaPawan Kumar JainSikh militantsJaimal Singh PaddaPolitical Leader and ActivistCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationKhalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Sudhir SharmaRopar, PunjabYouth Wing district PresidentIndian National CongressSikh militantsTarlochan Singh RiyastiLudhiana, PunjabFormer State Minister and Party leaderJagat RamPunjabState Party Vice-President and State Labor MinisterGurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants)Vilayati Ram KaytalKanpur, UPMLASikh militantsLala Bhagwan DaasPunjabPunjab Congress Vice-presidentGurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants)Sohan Singh Desi1989State Secretary of Punjab Democratic Youth Federation of IndiaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Sat Pal ParasharMLAIndian National CongressGurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants)Das Raj SahotaPoliticianCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sikh militantsBalwant Singh1990Former treasurer of Punjab, former Deputy Chief Minister, former MLAAkali Dal (L)Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants)Harminder Singh SandhuAmritsar, PunjabGeneral SecretaryAll India Sikh Student FederationKhalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Malkiat Singh Sidhu1991Moga, PunjabPlanning Minister of PunjabShiromani Akali DalSuspected Sikh militantsNagina RaiBiharCabinet MinisterIndian National CongressBihar. Telegraph India.Rajiv GandhiSriperumbudur, Tamil NaduPrime Minister of IndiaThenmozhi Rajaratnam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in protest against Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War.Incident Summary. Global Terrorism Database. 1991-05-23.Gagandeep PunjabPoliticianCommunist Party of IndiaSikh militantsVarinder Kumar GaganPolitician; Election CandidateCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Gurdeep Singh Deepa (Khalistan Commandos Force) (Sikh militants)ਜੋ ਲਾਰੇ ਦੀਨ ਕੇ ਹੇਤ book in Punjabi by Loveshinder Singh DalewalSarwan Singh CheemaMLAKhalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Mohinder Kumar RanjanHaryanaParty District PresidentBharatiya Janata PartySikh militantsSher Singh1992PunjabPresidentShiromani Akali Dal (Youth Wing)Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants)Balwant Singh SahralMLAShiromani Akali DalKhalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants)Darshan Singh KaypeeJalandhar, PunjabCongress partyPrem Kumar Sharma1993BombayBharatiya Janata PartyD-CompanyRamdas Nayak1994Thakur Ji PathakJharkhand, BiharActivist, politicianJanata Party Janata DalPolitical reasons/MafiaBeant Singh1995Chandigarh, PunjabChief Minister of PunjabIndian National CongressDilawar Singh Babbar, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Balwant Singh Rajoana and more. (Sikh militants) (Khalistan Commando Force and Babbar Khalsa)Brij Behari Prasad1998Patna, BiharPoliticianRashtriya Janata DalSurajbhan Singh, Shri Prakash Shukla, Vijay Kumar ShuklaAlimineti Madhava Reddy2000Ghatkesar, TelanganaPanchayatiraj, former Home MinisterTelugu Desam PartyNaxalsAbdul Ghani Lone2001Jammu and KashmirKashmiri separatist leaderJammu and Kashmir People's Conference Kashmiri militantsPhoolan DeviNew DelhiMember of ParliamentSamajwadi PartySher Singh Rana Ragya Naik Maddimadugu, Amrabad, Mahbubnagar MLA, Devarakonda constituency Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War Haren Pandya2003AhmedabadHome Minister GujaratBharatiya Janata PartyKrishnanand Rai2005Baswania, Uttar PradeshMLAMukhtar Ansari and eight others (accused).Paritala RavindraAnanthapur, Andhra PradeshTelugu Desam PartyFaction rival Maddelacheruvu SuriRajo SinghSheikhpura, BiharIndian National CongressAshok Mahto gangPramod Mahajan2006MumbaiFormer Cabinet MinisterBharatiya Janata PartyPravin Mahajan (brother) for personal reasons.Rulda Singh2009PunjabPunjab wing PresidentBharatiya Janata PartyKhalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants)Madan Tamang2010Darjeeling, West BengalPresident of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha LeagueAkhil Bharatiya Gorkha LeagueT. P. Chandrasekharan2012KeralaRevolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Marxist PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Mahendra Karma2013Sukma, ChhattisgarhLeader of the Opposition of the Chhattisgarh Legislative AssemblyIndian National CongressCommunist Party of India (Maoist) insurgentsNand Kumar PatelHome MinisterVidya Charan ShuklaFormer Minister of External AffairsDilip SarkarWest BengalFormer MLACommunist Party of India (Marxist)Trinamool Congress members.Govind Pansare2015MaharashtraPoliticianCommunist Party of IndiaDurga Prasad Gupta2016PunjabHead of Labour WingShiv Sena (Punjab)Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants)Jagdish GagnejaPolitical Leader and state party Vice-presidentBharatiya Janata PartySatpal Kumar2017Shiv SenaAmit SharmaPoliticianIndian National CongressRavinder GosaiBharatiya Janata PartyVipan SharmaDistrict LeaderHindu Sangharsh SenaKidari Sarveswara Rao2018Araku Valley, Andhra PradeshMLATelugu Desam PartyNaxalsSiveri SomaFormer MLAKamlesh Tiwari2019Uttar PradeshPoliticianHindu Samaj PartyIslamic extremism Bhima Mandavi 2019 Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh MLA, Dantewada Constituency Bharatiya Janata Party Maoists Sidhu Moose Wala2022Jawaharke, Punjab, IndiaPoliticianIndian National CongressLawrence Bishnoi GangSudhir SuriPunjabLeaderShiv SenaSandeep Singh over hate speechNaba Das2023OdishaState Health Minister and MLABiju Janata DalShot by his former personal security officerAtiq AhmedUttar PradeshFormer MP and MLASamajwadi PartyReason due to murder of Dalit leader Raju Pal.Major Singh Dhaliwal Tarn Taran, PunjabCongress leaderIndian National CongressUnidentified womenBaba Siddique 2024MaharashtraFormer MLA & Minister Nationalist Congress PartyLawrence Bishnoi Gang.

See also List of assassinations in Asia#India List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India List of Indian chief ministers who died in office

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