List of assassinated Indian politicians

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Template:More citations needed 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 Reference
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1948 New Delhi Leader of the Indian Independence movement Indian National Congress The accumulating provocation of thirty-two years, culminating in his last pro-Muslim fast, at last goaded me to the conclusion that the existence of Gandhi should be brought to an end immediately: Nathuram Godse in court while on trial for murder. [1]
Syama Prasad Mukherjee 1953 Jammu and Kashmir Minister of Industry and Supply Claimed murdered by S.C. Das [2]
Pratap Singh Kairon 1965 Rohtak Chief Minister of Punjab Personal enimity [3]
Balwant Rai Mehta 1965 Kutch Chief Minister of Gujarat Pakistani fighter plane, which shot down Mehta's aircraft while flying through Kutch [4]
K. Kunhali 1969 Kerala MLA Communist Party (Marxist) Rival party member, Congress [5]
Krishna Desai 1970 Maharashtra MLA Communist Party of India Shivsena party members Template:Citation needed
Azhikodan Raghavan 1972 Kerala The convener of the Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) Unknown [6] [7]
K B Sahay 1974 Hazaribag-Patna Highway in Sindoor, Bihar Chief Minister of Bihar Indian National Congress Factional fight inside congress party
Lalit Narayan Mishra 1975 Samastipur, Bihar Minister of Railways Indian National Congress Template:Citation needed
Indira Gandhi 1984 New Delhi Prime Minister of India Sikhs in protest against Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple, Amritsar Template:Citation needed
Lalit Maken 1985 New Delhi Member of Parliament, Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Ranjit Singh Gill Template:Citation needed
Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga 1988 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh MLA Indian National Congress Devineni Rajasekhar (Nehru) TDP Party Leader Template:Citation needed
Rajiv Gandhi 1991 Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu Leader of opposition Tamil Tigers in protest against sending Indian troops to Sri Lanka Template:Citation needed
Nagina Rai Bihar Cabinet Minister [8]
Prem Kumar Sharma 1993 Bombay MLA Bharatiya Janata Party Template:Citation needed
Beant Singh 1995 Chandigarh, 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 Template:Citation needed
Alimineti Madhava Reddy 2000 Ghatkesar, Telangana Panchayatiraj, former Home Minister Telugu Desam Party Killed By Naxals Template:Citation needed
Abdul Ghani Lone 2001 Jammu and Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader. Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference Template:Citation needed
Ragya Naik Maddimadugu village, Amrabad mandal, Mahbubnagar MLA, Devarakonda constituency Indian national Congress [9]
Phoolan Devi New Delhi Member of Parliament Samajwadi Party Template:Citation needed
Haren Pandya 2003 Ahmedabad Home Minister Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Template:Citation needed
Krishnanand Rai 2005 Baswania, Uttar Pradesh MLA Bharatiya Janata Party Mukhtar Ansari alonwith eight other people are accused of killing Krishnanand Rai along with eight other peoples. [10]
Paritala Ravindra Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh MLA Telugu Desam Party Killed in faction by his Rival Maddelacheruvu Suri Template:Citation needed
Pramod Mahajan 2006 Mumbai former Cabinet Minister Bharatiya Janata Party Pravin Mahajan (Brother) killed Pramod Mahajan for personal reasons [11] Template:Citation needed
Madan Tamang 2010 Darjeeling, West Bengal President, Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League Template:Citation needed
T. P. Chandrasekharan 2012 Kerala Revolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Marxist Party Template:Citation needed
Vidya Charan Shukla 2013 Sukma, Chhattisgarh Minister of External Affairs Indian National Congress Communist Insurgents waging war against the Indian Republic Template:Citation needed
Nand Kumar Patel Sukma, Chhattisgarh Home Minister
Mahendra Karma Sukma, Chhattisgarh Leader of the Opposition
Dilip Sarkar 2013 West Bengal Ex-MLA Communist Party of India (Marxist) Shot dead at Kulpi in the Asansol subdivision by Trinamool Congress. [12]
Govind Pansare 2015 Maharashtra Politician Communist Party of India Pansare used to run an organisation which encouraged inter-caste marriages. He had opposed the Putrakameshti yajna, a Hindu ritual that supposed results in a male child. He had protested toll taxes. He had also criticised the glorification of Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Gandhi.

References

  1. ↑ Why I Killed Gandhiji? Godses final address..
  2. ↑ The Biography of Bharat Kesri Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee with Modern Implications. Abhinav Publications(2000).
  3. ↑ Why Partap Singh Kairon, man behind Punjab's industrial and agricultural growth, was killed?.
  4. ↑ When a Gujarat chief minister was shot dead by Pakistani fighter pilot.
  5. ↑ Gopalan kills Kunhali; 50 years later with revelation Aryadan Muhammad‌.
  6. ↑ Azhikodan murder still remains a conundrum(22 February 2018).
  7. ↑ Azhikodan murder still remains a conundrum. Deccan Chronicle(2018-02-22). Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  8. ↑ "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
  9. ↑ Tribal legislator shot dead by naxalites(29 December 2001). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Krishnanand Rai massacre: 500 bullets, 8 murders and 70 witnesses, yet all acquitted, who murdered?.
  11. ↑ Pramod Mahajan passes away.
  12. ↑ Former CPI(M) MLA shot dead in West Bengal. The Hindu(2013-06-09). Retrieved 2020-09-09.
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