# List of assassinated Indian politicians

This is an incomplete list of Indian politicians who were assassinated.
| Name | Year | Place | Position | Party | Assassin(s) |
| 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. |
| Pratap Singh Kairon | 1965 | Rohtak, East Punjab | Chief Minister of Punjab | Indian National Congress | Personal enmity |
| Balwant Rai Mehta | 1965 | Kutch, Gujarat | Chief Minister of Gujarat | Indian National Congress | 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. |
| K. Kunhali | 1969 | Kerala | MLA | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Rival trade union member |
| Krishna Desai | 1970 | Maharashtra | MLA | Communist Party of India | Shiv Sena party members |
| Azhikodan Raghavan | 1972 | Kerala | Convener of the Left Front | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Unknown. Most probably communist rebels |
| Manzurul Hasan Khan | 1972 | Chitarpur, Jharkhand | MLA | Communist Party of India | Strongly raised his voice against the Mahajani Pratha across Bihar and West Bengal. |
| 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 | Indian National Congress | Unknown |
| Lala Jagat Narain | 1981 | Jalandhar, Punjab | MLA, MP, former Punjab minister | Indian National Congress | Nacchitar Singh Rode, Sawaran Singh Rode, and Dalbir Singh (Babbar Khalsa claimed) |
| Mohinder Paul | 1981 | Kapurthala, Punjab | General Secretary of Kapurthala District | Janta Party | Sikh Militants |
| Harbans Singh Machanda | 1984 | New Delhi | President of DSGMC | Indian National Congress | Surinder Singh Sodhi (Sikh Militants) |
| Harbans Lal Khanna | 1984 | Punjab | MLA | Bharatiya Janata Party | Surinder Singh Sodhi (Sikh Militants) |
| V.N. Tiwari | 1984 | Chandigarh | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | Indian National Congress | Surinder Singh Sodhi (Sikh Militants) |
| Omparkash Bagga | 1984 | Punjab | Janta Party Punjab head, ex MLA | Janta Party | Sikh Militants |
| Hardyal Singh | 1984 | Punjab | Party President of Jalandhar | Indian National Congress | Sikh Militants |
| Indira Gandhi | 1984 | New Delhi | Prime Minister of India | Indian National Congress | 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. (Sikh militants) |
| Balbir Singh Chaudhary | 1985 | Hoshiarpur, Punjab | Former MP; Party President | Punjab Lok Dal | Sikh militants |
| Bhisham Parkash | 1985 | Punjab | Party district President | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Neta Hakimuddin | 1985 | Meerut, Utter Pradesh | Party President of Meerut | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Lalit Maken | 1985 | New Delhi | Member of cut, | Indian National Congress | Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh "Kuki" Gill (Sikh militants) |
| Arjan Daas | 1985 | New Delhi | Congress (I) Leader and member of Delhi Metropolitan Council | Indian National Congress | Main article: Assassination of Arjun Dass Harjinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha over involvement in 1984 anti-Sikh riots (Sikh militants) |
| Harchand Singh Longowal | 1985 | Sherpur, Punjab | President of the Akali Dal | Akali Dal (L) | Sikh militants |
| Ram Labbaya | 1985 | South of Amritsar, Punjab | Leader | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Raj Pal Kang | 1985 | Fatehgarh Chaurian, Punjab | Secretary of local branch | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Kalicharan Sharma | 1986 | Punjab | Leader | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Balbir Chand | 1986 | Punjab | Local party leader | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Sudesh Kumar | 1986 | Punjab | Party activist | Indian National Congress | Babbar Khalsa (Sikh militants) |
| Sant Singh | 1986 | Lodhar, Punjab | MLA | Indian National Congress | Harjinder Singh Jinda (Khalistan Commando Force) |
| Darshan Singh | 1986 | Punjab | MLA; Party leader | Communist party of India | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Baldev Singh Mann | 1986 | Amritsar, Punjab | Political Leader | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Harjinder Singh | 1986 | Amritsar, Punjab | Political Leader | All India Sikh Student Federation | Opposing party members |
| Amarjit Singh | 1987 | Chandigarh | MLA | Akali Dal (B) | Sikh militants |
| Hans Raj Sethi | 1987 | New Delhi | Party repersenitive on Delhi Metropolitan Council | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (Sikh militantns) |
| Sudarshan Munjal | 1987 | New Delhi | Party member | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (Sikh militantns) |
| Joginder Pal Pandey | 1987 | Ludhiana, Punjab | General Secretary of Punjab Congress; Former Minister; Former MLA | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Satnam Singh Bajwa | 1987 | Punjab | Local leader | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Krishnan Mahajan | 1987 | Amritsar, Punjab | Party official | Shiv Sena | Sikh militants |
| Deepak Dhawan | 1987 | Punjab, Sanghe | Politician | Communist Party of India (Marxist). | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Sawaran Signh | 1987 | Punjab | CPI Vice president of Amritsar district | Communist Party of India | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Gurdial Singh | 1987 | Punjab | Politician | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga | 1988 | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | MLA | Indian National Congress | |
| Hit Abhilashi | 1988 | Punjab | Punjab wing president, former state minister, and former MLA | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sikh militants |
| Khushi Ram Sharma | 1988 | Punjab | Punjab wing vice-president | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Ramkat Jalota | 1988 | Punjab | Punjab wing president | Shiv Sena | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Pawan Kumar Jain | 1988 | Punjab | Punjab wing president | Shiv Sena | Sikh militants |
| Jaimal Singh Padda | 1988 | Punjab | Political Leader and Activist | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Sudhir Sharma | 1988 | Ropar, Punjab | Youth Wing district President | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Tarlochan Singh Riyasti | 1988 | Ludhiana, Punjab | Former State Minister and Party leader | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Jagat Ram | 1988 | Punjab | State Party Vice-President and State Labor Minister | Indian National Congress | Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) |
| Vilayati Ram Kaytal | 1988 | Kanpur, UP | MLA | Indian National Congress | Sikh militants |
| Lala Bhagwan Daas | 1988 | Punjab | Punjab Congress Vice-president | Indian National Congress | Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) |
| Sohan Singh Desi | 1989 | Punjab | State Secretary of Punjab Democratic Youth Federation of India | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Sat Pal Parashar | 1989 | Punjab | MLA | Indian National Congress | Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) |
| Das Raj Sahota | 1989 | Punjab | Politician | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sikh militants |
| Balwant Singh | 1990 | Punjab | Former treasurer of Punjab, former Deputy Chief Minister, former MLA | Akali Dal (L) | Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (Khalistan Liberation Force) (Sikh militants) |
| Harminder Singh Sandhu | 1990 | Amritsar, Punjab | General Secretary | All India Sikh Student Federation | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Malkiat Singh Sidhu | 1991 | Moga, Punjab | Planning Minister of Punjab | Shiromani Akali Dal | Suspected Sikh militants |
| Nagina Rai | 1991 | Bihar | Cabinet Minister | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajiv Gandhi | 1991 | Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu | Prime Minister of India | Indian National Congress | Main article: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Thenmozhi Rajaratnam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in protest against Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War. |
| Gagandeep | 1991 | Punjab | Politician | Communist Party of India | Sikh militants |
| Varinder Kumar Gagan | 1991 | Punjab | Politician; Election Candidate | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gurdeep Singh Deepa (Khalistan Commandos Force) (Sikh militants) |
| Sarwan Singh Cheema | 1991 | Punjab | MLA | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Mohinder Kumar Ranjan | 1991 | Haryana | Party District President | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sikh militants |
| Sher Singh | 1992 | Punjab | President | Shiromani Akali Dal (Youth Wing) | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Balwant Singh Sahral | 1992 | Punjab | MLA | Shiromani Akali Dal | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Darshan Singh Kaypee | 1992 | Jalandhar, Punjab | MLA | Congress party | Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) |
| Prem Kumar Sharma | 1993 | Bombay | | Bharatiya Janata Party | D-Company |
| Ramdas Nayak | 1994 | Bombay | | Bharatiya Janata Party | D-Company |
| Thakur Ji Pathak | 1994 | Jharkhand, Bihar | Activist, politician | Janata Party Janata Dal | Political reasons/Mafia |
| Beant Singh | 1995 | Chandigarh, Punjab | Chief Minister of Punjab | Indian National Congress | Dilawar Singh Babbar, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Balwant Singh Rajoana and more. (Sikh militants) (Khalistan Commando Force and Babbar Khalsa) |
| 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 |
| Abdul Ghani Lone | 2001 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmiri separatist leader | Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference | Kashmiri militants |
| Phoolan Devi | 2001 | New Delhi | Member of Parliament | Samajwadi Party | Sher Singh Rana |
| Ragya Naik | 2001 | Maddimadugu, Amrabad, Mahbubnagar | MLA, Devarakonda constituency | Indian National Congress | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War |
| Haren Pandya | 2003 | Ahmedabad | Home Minister Gujarat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Krishnanand Rai | 2005 | Baswania, Uttar Pradesh | MLA | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mukhtar Ansari and eight others (accused). |
| Paritala Ravindra | 2005 | Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh | MLA | Telugu Desam Party | Faction rival Maddelacheruvu Suri |
| 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) for personal reasons. |
| Rulda Singh | 2009 | Punjab | Punjab wing President | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Madan Tamang | 2010 | Darjeeling, West Bengal | President of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | |
| T. P. Chandrasekharan | 2012 | Kerala | Revolutionary Marxist | Revolutionary Marxist Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Mahendra Karma | 2013 | Sukma, Chhattisgarh | Leader of the Opposition of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | Indian National Congress | Main article: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley Communist Party of India (Maoist) insurgents |
| Nand Kumar Patel | 2013 | Sukma, Chhattisgarh | Home Minister | Indian National Congress | Main article: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley Communist Party of India (Maoist) insurgents |
| Vidya Charan Shukla | 2013 | Sukma, Chhattisgarh | Former Minister of External Affairs | Indian National Congress | Main article: 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley Communist Party of India (Maoist) insurgents |
| Dilip Sarkar | 2013 | West Bengal | Former MLA | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Trinamool Congress members. |
| Govind Pansare | 2015 | Maharashtra | Politician | Communist Party of India | |
| Durga Prasad Gupta | 2016 | Punjab | Head of Labour Wing | Shiv Sena (Punjab) | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Jagdish Gagneja | 2016 | Punjab | Political Leader and state party Vice-president | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Satpal Kumar | 2017 | Punjab | Political Leader and state party Vice-president | Shiv Sena | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Amit Sharma | 2017 | Punjab | Politician | Indian National Congress | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Ravinder Gosai | 2017 | Punjab | Politician | Bharatiya Janata Party | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Vipan Sharma | 2017 | Punjab | District Leader | Hindu Sangharsh Sena | Khalistan Liberation Force (Sikh militants) |
| Kidari Sarveswara Rao | 2018 | Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh | MLA | Telugu Desam Party | Naxals |
| Siveri Soma | 2018 | Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh | Former MLA | Telugu Desam Party | Naxals |
| Kamlesh Tiwari | 2019 | Uttar Pradesh | Politician | Hindu Samaj Party | Farid-ud-din Shaikh and Ashfak Shaikh for blasphemy against Muhammad |
| Sidhu Moose Wala | 2022 | Jawaharke, Punjab, India | Politician | Indian National Congress | Lawrence Bishnoi Gang |
| Sudhir Suri | 2022 | Punjab | Leader | Shiv Sena | Sandeep Singh over hate speech |
| Naba Das | 2023 | Odisha | State Health Minister and MLA | Biju Janata Dal | Shot by his former personal security officer |
| Atiq Ahmed | 2023 | Uttar Pradesh | Former MP and MLA | Samajwadi Party | Reason due to murder of Dalit leader Raju Pal. |
| Major Singh Dhaliwal | 2023 | Tarn Taran, Punjab | Congress leader | Indian National Congress | Unidentified women |
| Baba Siddique | 2024 | Maharashtra | Former MLA & Minister | Nationalist Congress Party | Lawrence Bishnoi Gang. |