Although India is a

parliamentary democracy A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

, the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national, state, regional, and district level. The

Nehru–Gandhi family The Nehru–Gandhi family is an Indian political family that has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India. The involvement of the family has traditionally revolved around the Indian National Congress, as various members have traditi ...

has produced

three 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...

Indian prime ministers, and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

(BJP) also has several senior dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are man ...

, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular,

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of t ...

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

, Kerala Congress,

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the ''All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference'' by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam A ...

Indian Union Muslim League The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...

AIMIM The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( en, All India Council for Unity of Muslims) ( AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It is also a significant political party in the Indian States of Telangana ...

, and the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

are all dominated by families, mostly those of the party founders.

National

Nehru–Gandhi family

The Nehru–Gandhi family's involvement with the Congress Party began with

Motilal Nehru Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Neh ...

in the 1920s, when India was still part of the British Empire. The family became more influential under his son,

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

, who became a prominent figure in India's nationalist movement. After Jawaharlal's death, his daughter Indira Gandhi became his political heir (her surname came from her husband,

Feroze Gandhi Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Jehangir Ghandy;: "Feroze Gandhi was also from the Nehrus' home town, Allahabad. A Parsi by faith, he at first spelt his surname 'Ghandy'. However, after he joined the national movement as a young man, he changed th ...

. The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has dominated the Congress Party since Indian independence in 1947. The party was defeated in the 2014 elections, however, and high-level defections took place in Maharashtra,

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

, and Jammu and Kashmir. The family still has widespread name recognition. *

- Freedom fighter,

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

and lawyer **

- Freedom fighter, First Indian

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

, 1947–1964 (son of Motilal) **

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (''née'' Swarup Nehru; 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the 6th Governor of Maharashtra from 1962 to 1964 and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 19 ...

- Member of Parliament, diplomat (daughter of Motilal) **

Kamala Nehru Kamala Nehru (''née'' Kaul; ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian independence activist and the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Her daughter Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India ...

- Congress Party leader (wife of Jawaharlal) *** Indira Gandhi - Prime Minister, 1966–1977 and 1980–1984 (daughter of Jawaharlal) ***

- Freedom fighter, politician, journalist (husband of Indira) **** Rajiv Gandhi - Prime minister, 1984–1989 (son of Feroze and Indira) **** Sonia Gandhi - Former President of the Congress Party, leading it to victory in two successive

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

elections (wife of Rajiv) *****

Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president o ...

- Member of Parliament, former Congress Party president (son of Rajiv and Sonia) *****

Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (''née'' Gandhi; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of former Prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi ...

- Congress Party general secretary (daughter of Rajiv and Sonia) *****

Robert Vadra Robert Vadra (born 18 April 1969) is an Indian businessman, entrepreneur and the husband of Priyanka Gandhi. He is the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi and the brother-in-law of Rahul Gandhi. Early life and family Robert Vadra was born to Rajendra a ...

- Businessman, entrepreneur (husband of Priyanka) ****

Sanjay Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician and the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. He was a member of parliament, Lok Sabha and the Nehru–Gandhi family. During his lifetime, he was widely expected ...

- Politician (son of Feroze and Indira) ****

Maneka Gandhi Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; ''née'' Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She is a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament and a member of ...

- Cabinet member of

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament fro ...

's government (wife of Sanjay Gandhi) *****

Varun Gandhi Varun Gandhi (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian author, politician, and a third-term member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from the Pilibhit constituency. He is also member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was inducted into Rajnath Singh's team ...

- Former Member of Parliament (son of Sanjay) **** Uma Nehru - Member of Parliament (cousin of Indira) *****

Arun Nehru Arun Kumar Nehru (24 April 1944 – 25 July 2013) was an Indian politician and columnist. He was member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Bilhaur as a Janata Dal leader. Earlier, he was member of the 7th and 8th Lok Sabhas from Rae Bareli on an In ...

- Former minister (nephew of Indira, son of Uma)

Andhra Pradesh

Reddy family

* Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ("YSR")Chief Minister of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

from 2004 to 2009 * Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy MP and MLA from Andhra Pradesh (brother of YSR) * Y. S. VijayammaChairperson of the YSR Congress Party and MLA in Andhra Pradesh from 2011 to 2014 (wife of YSR) ** Y. S. Jaganmohan ReddyChief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 30 May 2019 ** Y. S. SharmilaNational chairperson of the

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ...

Bihar

Yadav family

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parlia ...

Former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Railway Minister of India *

Rabri Devi Rabri Devi Yadav (born 1 January 1955) is an Indian politician who formerly served three terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, the first and only woman till date to have held the office. She is a Member of Bihar Legislative Council (MLC), and ...

— Former Chief Minister of Bihar (wife) **

Tejashwi Yadav Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician, former cricketer, and the current Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, in office since August 2022. He also serves as the Minister of Health, Minister of Road Construction and P ...

— Deputy CM of Bihar and former leader of the opposition (son of

) **

Tej Pratap Yadav Tej Pratap Yadav (born 16 April 1988) is an Indian politician and cabinet minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Department in the Government of Bihar. He was MLA of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Mahua constituency as a memb ...

— Former Minister of Health and Environment,

Government of Bihar The Government of Bihar, known locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a ju ...

(son of

) **

Misa Bharti Misa Bharti (born 22 May 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar and the daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. In 2014, she unsuccessfully contested the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency and lost to RJD rebel Ram Kripa ...

—

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the Indian states to the one of the two houses of the Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha). Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elect ...

(daughter of

)

Mishra family

Lalit Narayan Mishra Lalit Narayan Mishra (2 February 1923 – 3 January 1975) was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Railways in the government of India from 1973 to 1975. He was brought into politics by the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Krishna Sinh ...

Former Railway Minister of India ** Vijay Kumar MishraFormer MLA from Jale and former MP, Lok Sabha from Darbhanga (son of

) *** Rishi MishraFormer MLA from Jale (son of Vijay Kumar Mishra) *

Jagannath Mishra Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 – 19 August 2019) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar and as Minister in the Union Cabinet. He was also Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha between 1988 - 1990 and 1994 - 2000. His invo ...

Former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Cabinet Minister,

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

(younger brother of

) ** Nitish MishraCurrent Rural Development Minister,

(son of

)

Sinha family

*Sadhu Sharan Singh - Nationalist, congressman and father of Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha ** Thakur Jugal Kishore SinhaFreedom fighter, member of the first Lok Sabha, known as the father of India's cooperative movement **

Ram Dulari Sinha Ram Dulari Sinha (8 December 1922 – 31 August 1994) was a nationalist, freedom fighter Indian National Congress, Indian parliamentarian, Union Minister, and Governor. Life She was Union Minister in Governments headed by Indira Gandhi and R ...

Freedom fighter, member of the first

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

, former Union Minister and governor (wife) *** Madhurendra Kumar Singh - Member

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...

, former Director Central Warehousing Corporation and Bihar State Cooperative Bank. **** Mrigendra Kumar Singh - son of Dr. Madhurendra Kumar Singh. State Secretary of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, former President of Sheohar Loksabha Youth Congress.

Chhattisgarh

Jogi family

Ajit Jogi Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. Education Jogi studied Me ...

Former

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh The chief minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ...

Renu Jogi Dr. Renu Jogi is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Kota in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. She is wife of 1st Chief Minister ...

Former MLA from Kota, Chhattisgarh (wife of

) **

Amit Jogi Amit Jogi (born 7 August 1977) is an American-born Indian politician. Early life Jogi is the son of former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi. He was supposedly an Indian citizen by birth, and became an Indian citizen in July 2004 or ...

Former MLA from Marwahi, Chhattisgarh (son of

)

Shukla family

Shyama Charan Shukla Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Personal life Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur. His father Ravi ...

Former

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the ch ...

** Amitesh ShuklaFormer Rural Development Minister,

Government of Chhattisgarh Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the ...

(son of

) * Vidya Charan Shukla Former Cabinet Minister,

(younger brother of

)

Kashyap family

* Baliram KashyapFormer MP, Lok Sabha from Bastar ** Dinesh KashyapFormer MP, Lok Sabha from Bastar (son of Baliram Kashyap)

Singh (Raman) family

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest s ...

Former

** Abhishek SinghFormer MP, Lok Sabha from

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History ...

(son)

Goa

Alemao family

Churchill Alemao Churchill Braz Alemao (born 16 May 1949) is a former Chief Minister and former MP of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was the MLA of Benaulim constituency in the state of Goa. Political career Alemao was chief minister of Goa for a brief peri ...

Fourth Chief Minister of Goa, former MP from South Goa, former MLA from Benaulim and

Navelim Navelim is a census town and fast growing suburb of the city of Margao located in the Salcete sub-district of South Goa district, Goa, India. It has a large parish and has played a crucial rule in South Goa politics at some stage. The region ...

* Joaquim AlemaoFormer MLA from Benaulim and

Cuncolim Cuncolim is a town in South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. Etymology The name 'Cuncolim' is derived from the fact that the village was known as 'Kumkumahalli', the place where '' kumkuma '' (vermilion) is produced. Geography Cun ...

(brother) **

Yuri Alemao Yuri Lenon Alemao (born 16 May 1985), is an Indian politician and businessperson from Goa. He is the current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Cuncolim Assembly constituency. Alemao won the Cuncolim Constituency on Indian Nationa ...

MLA from Cuncolim (son)

Bandodkar family

Dayanand Bandodkar Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar (12 March 1911 – 12 August 1973) and popularly known as Bhausaheb Bandodkar was the first Chief Minister of Goa, in the territory of Goa, Damaon& Diu. Born in Pernem to a Marathi people, Marathi family who had i ...

First Chief Minister of Goa, former MLA from

Mandrem Mandrem is a coastal village famous as a tourist spot in Pernem taluka in North Goa district of Goa state in India. It is 21 km from the capital Panaji. About It has two main beaches: Junas and Ashvem. The village has 11 wards. Mandre ...

and Marcaim **

Shashikala Kakodkar Shashikala Kakodkar (7 January 1935 – 28 October 2016), popularly known as ''Tai'' ( mr, ताई; ), was a prominent leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). She served as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu on two occasio ...

Second Chief Minister of Goa, former MLA from Ponda, Bicholim and Maem (daughter)

Dhavalikar family

* Sudin DhavalikarMLA from Marcaim *

Deepak Dhavalikar Deepak Madhav Dhavalikar, also known as Deepak 'Pandurang' Dhavalikar (born 14 May 1958 in Bandora, Ponda), is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Priol consti ...

Former MLA from

Priol Priol is a village in central Goa, in western India. It is situated in Ponda Taluka, north of the city of Ponda. The Mangueshi Temple is located northwest of the village. From Mardol, Priol is around 2 km, Mardol is on Panaji-Ponda highway ...

(brother)

D'Souza family

Francis D'Souza Francis D'Souza is a Canadian television executive and a former broadcaster. He is the Managing Editor of News Programming at CBC, nationally, and a former television news anchor for Citytv in Toronto, Ontario. Biography D'Souza became interest ...

Former MLA from

Mapusa Mapusa (म्हापशें) is a town in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the capital Panaji. The town is the headquarters of Bardez Taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Kochi. In Portugu ...

Joshua D'Souza Joshua Peter De Souza (born 12 November 1988) is an Indian politician residing in Mapusa, Goa, and was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly in the by-election in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 22nd July 2022 he was elected ...

MLA from Mapusa (son)

Fernandes family

*Victoria Fernandes Former MLA from St. Cruz ** Rodolfo FernandesMLA from St. Cruz (son)

Gauns family

* Gurudas GaunsFormer MLA from Pale * Pratap GaunsFormer MLA from Pale (brother)

Lobo family

Michael Lobo Michael Lobo (born 12 September 1953) is an Indian scientist, writer, and genealogist. He is the author of three self-published books on the Catholic community in Mangalore, India. Early life and education Michael Lobo was born in Mangalore, ...

MLA from

Calangute Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in ...

* Delilah LoboMLA from

Siolim Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembl ...

(wife)

Monserrate family

Atanasio Monserrate Atanasio Monserrate, also known as Babush, is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. Babush is a three term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Panaji. He was the Member of Legislative ...

MLA from

Panaji Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...

, former MLA from Taleigao and St. Cruz * Jennifer MonserrateMLA from Taleigao (wife)

Rane family

* Pratapsingh RaneThird Chief Minister of Goa, former MLA from Sattari and Poriem **

Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane (born 23 March 1971) is an Indian politician and a cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa headed by Pramod Sawant. He is the son of Pratapsingh Raoji Rane who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and an incumbent I ...

MLA from Valpoi (son) ** Deviya Vishwajit RaneMLA from Poriem (wife)

Saldanha family

* José Matanhy de SaldanhaFormer MLA from Cortalim * Alina Saldanha Former MLA from Cortalim (wife)

Sequeira family

Jack de Sequeira Jack de Sequeira (Born João Hugo Eduardo de Sequeira; 20 April 1915 – 17 October 1989), popularly known as Dr Jack de Sequeira; also known as Jak Siker according to local naming conventions, was an Indian politician and is widely considered ...

First opposition leader from Goa, former MLA from Panaji and St. Cruz **

Erasmo de Sequeira Erasmo Jesus de Sequeira (1938/1939 - 16 July 1997) was an Indian politician, social worker and parliamentarian from Goa. He represented the Marmagoa parliamentary constituency twice from 1967–1977. He has been described as a "man of le ...

Former MP from South Goa (son)

Shet family

* Anant ShetFormer MLA from Maem * Premendra ShetMLA from Maem (brother)

Vaz family

* John Manuel VazFormer MLA from

Mormugao Mormugao is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka (municipality) of the South district, in the Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 191 ...

**Giovanni Karl VazFormer MLA from Mormugao (son)

Zantye family

*Harish Narayan Prabhu ZantyeFormer MP from North Goa, former MLA from Bicholim and Maem ** Pravin Zantye Former MLA from Maem (son)

Gujarat

Patel family

*Chimanbhai Patel Family ** Chimanbhai Patel, Former Chief Minister of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

. *** Siddharth Patel, Former Member of Legislative Assembly, Former President of

Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat. Jagdish Thakor is the president of the Committee. It has 1,862 seats in various urban and rural local bodies in Gujarat. Its office is l ...

. *Keshubhai Patel Family **

Keshubhai Patel Keshubhai Patel (24 July 192829 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya ...

, Former Chief Minister of

. *** Bharat Patel, BJP member. *The Patel Family Of Ikhar ** Juned Patel, Indian Politician

Haryana

Chautala family

* Chaudhari Devi Lal (1915–2001) –

Deputy Prime Minister of India The deputy prime minister of India (IAST: ''Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantri'') is the second highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers. The off ...

(1989–91), Chief Minister of Haryana (1977–79 and 1987–1989) **

Om Prakash Chautala Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from Haryana who served as a former Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal and son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. Biography Chautala is the ...

– Former Chief Minister of Haryana (son) ** Ranjit Singh Chautala – Former MLA and Minister of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...

(son) *** Abhay Chautala – MLA in

and former MLA in

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

(son of Om) *** Ajay Chautala – MLA, Former MP from Haryana (son of Om) *** Naina Chautala – MLA in Haryana (wife of Ajay) ****

Dushyant Chautala Dushyant Singh Chautala (born 3 April 1988) is a Jannayak Janta Party politician and current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. He is the president and co-founder of the Jannayak Janata Party. He represents Uchana Kalan constituency in Haryana ...

– Current Deputy Chief Minister, former Member of Parliament from Haryana (son of Ajay)

Jindal family

Om Prakash Jindal Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. He established a successful business enterprise Jindal Steel and Power under the flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he ...

(1930–2005) – Minister of Power of Haryana (2005), Lok Sabha member (1996–1997), member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (1991–1996, 2005) *

Savitri Jindal Savitri Devi Jindal (born 20 March 1950) is an Indian businesswoman and politician. She was the chairperson emeritus of O.P. Jindal Group. She is also the president of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. Jindal family net worth is estimat ...

(1950–) – Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (2005–), Minister of Power of Haryana 2005–2010 (wife) **

Naveen Jindal Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra, Haryana in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Powe ...

(1970–) – Lok Sabha member 2004–present (son)

Himachal Pradesh

Singh (Virbhadra) family

Virbhadra Singh Virbhadra Singh () (23 June 19348 July 2021) was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party, he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislat ...

(23 June 1934 – 8 July 2021), popularly known as Raja Saheb, was

Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister ...

, member of the

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Shimla, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 68 members directly elected from single-seat constituency. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissol ...

, and a Union Minister in Manmohan Singh and Indira Gandhi's governments. He was a

member from Mandi and

Shimla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...

. * Pratibha Singh (born 16 July 1956) – Congress Lok Sabha MP from Mandi (wife) ** Vikramaditya Singh (born 17 October 1989)Congress member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (son)

Dhumal family

Prem Kumar Dhumal Prem Kumar Dhumal (pronounced ; born 10 April 1944) is an Indian politician and has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya J ...

(born 10 April 1944)Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh (March 1998March 2003 and 1 January 200825 December 2012), former Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur **

Anurag Singh Thakur Anurag (Devanagari: अनुराग) (pronounced "Anurāg"), sometimes shorted Anu, is a common Indian first name. There are various meanings of Anurag in Sanskrit such as attachment, devotion, passion and eternal love. Notable people named Anu ...

(born 24 October 1974)Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs in

's government (son)

Sukh Ram family

Sukh Ram Pandit Sukh Ram (born Sukhram Sharma; 27 July 1927 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, consti ...

(b. 27 July 1927) Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996 in the P. V. Narasimha Rao government, Lok Sabha member from Mandi and an MLA ** Anil Sharma (b. 30 June 1956)Congress MLA from Mandi in 1993, 2007 and 2012, and a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA in 2017; rejoined the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

in 2019 (son)

Jammu and Kashmir

Abdullah family

Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah was the founding leader of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (later re ...

Former

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests wit ...

* Begum Akbar Jehan AbdullahFormer

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on ...

(wife of

) **

Sheikh Mustafa Kamal Sheikh Mustafa Kamal is an Indian politician and one of the leaders of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party in Jammu and Kashmir. He served in the state cabinets formed in 1983, 1987 and 1996. Kamal is the son of Kashmiri leader Sheikh ...

Former Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (son of

& Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah) ** Farooq AbdullxahFormer

(son of

& Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah) ***

Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah (; born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, after forming a governme ...

Former

and former Minister of State for External Affairs (son of

Farooq Abdullah Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician who was Ex. President of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister f ...

) ***

Sachin Pilot Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress. Earlier he served as the MoS (Independent charge) Corporate Affairs & MoS Communication & IT, Government of India, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan a ...

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Member of Parliament and former Union Minister, Government of India (son-in-law of

)

Sayeed family

* Mufti Mohammad SayeedFormer

and former

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba may refer to * ''Mehbooba'' (1976 film), a Hindi-language film * ''Mehbooba'' (2008 film), a Hindi-language romance film * ''Mehbooba'' (2018 film), a Telugu-language film *Mehbooba Mahnoor Chandni Mehbooba Mahnoor Chandni, known as Chan ...

Former

(daughter of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) ** Tassaduq Hussain MuftiFormer member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (son of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed)

Jharkhand

Soren family

Shibu Soren Shibu Soren ( Santali: ᱥᱤᱵᱩ ᱥᱚᱨᱮᱱ) (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician who thrice served as Chief Minister of Jharkhand, first in 2005 for 10 days (2 March to 12 March), then from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to ...

Current

and former

Chief Minister of Jharkhand The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ministe ...

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the pre ...

Current

(son of

) ** Durga SorenFormer member of

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chha ...

(son of

) ** Sita SorenCurrent member of

(wife of Durga Soren)

Karnataka

Devegowda family

* H. D. Devegowda - Former Prime Minister of India, only prime minister from

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Current Member of

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

* H. D. Kumaraswamy - MLA and former chief Minister of Karnataka.(Son of H. D. Devegowda) *

Anitha Kumaraswamy Anitha Kumaraswamy is an Indian politician, Indian politician and businesswoman working in entertainment industry. Currently she is a member of the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Ramanagaram (Vi ...

- Member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are ...

. (Wife of H. D. Kumaraswamy) ** H. D. Revanna - MLA, former Minister of the

Karnataka Public Works Department Karnataka Public Works Department (also known as Karnataka Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department or KPWD) is a government ministry Government of Karnataka agency in charge of the public works in the state of Karnataka, India ...

(Son of H. D. Devegowda) ***

Prajwal Revanna Prajwal Revanna (born 5 August 1990) is an Indian politician who is the member of the 17th Lok Sabha from Hassan Constituency and also the 3rd youngest member of parliament in India. Early life and background He is the grandson of former Pri ...

- Member of the

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started off ...

from

Hassan Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

(son of H. D. Revanna) ***Suraj Revanna - Member of Legislative Council from

Constituency (Son of H. D. Revanna) ***Bhavani Revanna - Member of Zilla Panchayth

. (Wife of H. D. Revanna)

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Singh family (Churhat)

* Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh (1894–1955) from

Churhat Churhat is a town, near the town of Sidhi and a nagar panchayat in Sidhi district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information ...

Member of

's cabinet ** Arjun Singh - Former Union Minister for Human Resources Department and former

(son of Rao) ***

Ajay Arjun Singh Ajay Singh, also known as Rahul Bhaiya, is an Indian politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh. He is Ex-Leader of Opposition of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also has been elected 5 times from Churhat Vidhan Sabha constituency of M ...

Former cabinet minister in the

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

government and former opposition leader (son of Arjun)

Chaudhary family

* Chaudhary Dilip Singh ChaturvediMLA from

Bhind Bhind is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Bhind district. Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Bhind had a total population of 197,585, of which 105,352 were males and 92,233 were females. Populati ...

Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi (born 21 January 1962) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party from Madhya Pradesh. Hailing from the Chambal region, he has been a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly of the Madhya P ...

Former cabinet minister, former leader of the opposition, MLA from Bhind (son) **

Chaudhary Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi Chaudhary Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi (born 15 March 1967) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bhartiya Janta Party predominantly working in Madhya Pradesh. He is currently serving as the state vice president for Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya ...

MLA from Mehgaon (son)

Chaturvedi family

* Vidyawati ChaturvediMLA from Laundi ** Satyavrat ChaturvediMember of the

(son)

Nath family

Kamal Nath Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Le ...

Former

, former Minister of Urban Development, former member of the Lok Sabha from Chhindwara * Alka NathFormer MP from Chhindwara (wife) **

Nakul Nath Nakul Kamal Nath (born 21 June 1974) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Indian National Con ...

Member of the Lok Sabha from Chhindwara (son)

MP Singh family

* Balbhadra SinghMLA from Raghogarh **

Digvijaya Singh Digvijaya Singh (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee. Previously, he had served as the ...

15th

(son) ** Lakshman SinghMLA from Raghogarh (son) **

Mool Singh Mool Singh Chouhan Peelaghata (also spelled Mul Singh, 15 August 1947 – 17 August 2016) was an Indian politician who was elected as a member of legislative assembly on Indian National Congress party symbol to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in ...

MLA from Raghogarh (nephew)

Vajpayee family

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee10th Prime Minister of India ** Karuna ShuklaMember of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nation ...

(niece)

Maharashtra

Ambedkar family

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...

(1891-1956) - Father of the

Constitution of India The Constitution of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental ...

, first

Minister of Law and Justice The Minister of Law and Justice is the head of the Ministry of Law and Justice and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in first Nehru ...

, labour member of the

Viceroy's Executive Council The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It is also known as the Council of the Governor-General of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet consistin ...

, opposition leader in the

Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a province of British India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed. History The first session of thi ...

, member of the

Bombay Legislative Council Bombay Legislative Council was the legislature of the Bombay Province and later the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Bombay Province in British India and the Indian state of Bombay. History The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the Bo ...

** Yashwant Ambedkar (1912-1977) - Leader of the

Republican Party of India The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Poli ...

, member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Council The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. Location The seat of the Vidhan Parishad is situated at the Nariman Point area of South M ...

(son of B. R. Ambedkar) ***

Prakash Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (IAST: Prakāśa Yaśavanta Āmbēḍakar) (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, social activist, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called the Va ...

- Leader of the

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi The Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (translation: Deprived Majority Front; VBA) is an Indian political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar on 20 March 2018. The party is primarily based in Maharashtra state. History and background On 1 January 20 ...

, former Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP (son of Yashwant) *** Anandraj Ambedkar - Leader of the Republican Sena (son of Yashwant)

Thackeray family

Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022. He was also the president of Shiv Sena prior to ...

- Chief Minister of Maharashtra **

Aditya Thackeray Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray (born 13 June 1990) is an Indian Politician who served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra. He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legis ...

- Cabinet minister in the Government of Maharashtra (son)

Pawar family

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Mini ...

– Former

Defence Minister of India The Minister of Defence (''Rakshā Mantrī'') is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a high ranking minister of the Government of India. The Defence Minister is one of the most senior offices in the Union Council of Ministers as well as be ...

and Chief Minister of Maharashtra **

Supriya Sule Supriya Sule (; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and currently a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Baramati. She previously served as an MP in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabh ...

– Member of the Lok Sabha From

Baramati Baramati ( aːɾamət̪iː is a city, a tehsil and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city is about 100 KM (62 miles) southeast of the city of Pune and about 250 KM from Mumbai. Baramati is locat ...

(daughter) ** Ajit Pawar – Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra , Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (nephew) **

Rohit Rajendra Pawar Rohit Rajendra Pawar is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency in Maharashtra, India. He belongs to the politically influential Pawar family Early life and family Rohit Pawar was born to Rajendra ...

- Member of Maharashtra assembly (nephew's son)

Odisha

Patnaik family

Biju Patnaik Bijayananda Patnaik (5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician, aviator and businessman. As politician, he served twice as the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha. Early life His parents lived in Bellaguntha, Ganjam dist ...

- Former Chief Minister of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

(earlier known as Orissa) **

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

Chief Minister of Odisha The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Followin ...

(son)

Biswal family

Basant Kumar Biswal Basant Kumar Biswal (August 23, 1936 – September 7, 2003) was a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party from Odisha. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha. He was member of the legislative assembly from Tirtol assembly co ...

- Former Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha ** Chiranjib Biswal - Former deputy opposition leader of the

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative As ...

(son)

Puducherry

Reddiar family

* V. Venkatasubha ReddiarFormer Chief Minister of Pondicherry and freedom fighter ** V. Vaithilingam ReddiarFormer Chief Minister of Pondicherry (son)

Farook family

* M. O. H. FarookFormer Chief Minister of Pondicherry ** M. O. H. F. ShahjahanFormer Education Minister of Pondicherry (son)

Punjab

Talwandi family

* Jagdev Singh Talwandi – Former President

; Former President

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC; "Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee") is an organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the unio ...

; Former MP (

); Former MP (

); Former MLA ** Ranjit Singh Talwandi – former MLA from Raikot constituency ** Jagjit Singh Talwandi –

SGPC The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC; "Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee") is an organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the unio ...

member ** Harjit Kaur Talwandi – President women's wing Shiromani Akali Dal(Sanyukt) * Master Dev Raj Singh – former MLA

Badal family

Prakash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He ...

– Former Chief Minister of Punjab ** Sukhbir Singh Badal – Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, MP (Lok Sabha), president

(Badal) (son) **

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician and a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani ...

– Member of the Lok Sabha (wife of Sukhbir Singh) ** Bikram Singh Majithia – Former minister, Punjab (brother of Harsimrat Kaur) *** Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon – Minister, Punjab (son-in-law of Prakash Singh)

Brar (Harcharan) family

* Harcharan Singh Brar – Former Chief Minister of Punjab *

Gurbinder Kaur Brar Gurbrinder Kaur Brar (12 August 1922 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian National Congress (INC) politician from the state of Punjab, India. Early life Gurbinder Kaur was born in Kairon village of Amritsar district on 12 August 1922 to Jaswa ...

– Former MP (wife of Harcharan Singh Brar) ** Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar – Former MLA (son of Harcharan Singh Brar and

) ** Karan Kaur Brar – Former MLA (wife of Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar)

Brar (Jaswinder) family

* Jaswinder Singh Brar – Former Corporate Minister of Punjab ** Mantar Singh Brar – MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab SAD (son)

Singh (Amarinder) family

Amarinder Singh Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942), is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab and Member ...

Former CM Punjab, former Lok Sabha member, member of the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 ...

Preneet Kaur Preneet Kaur (born 3 October 1944) is an Indian politician who served in the Government of India as a Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014. She is married to Amarinder Singh, who was the 15th Chief Minister ...

Member of the Lok Sabha, former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (wife)

Sidhu family

Navjot Singh Sidhu Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of To ...

Member of the

, former minister in the

government, former

and

member ** Navjot Kaur SidhuFormer member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (wife)

Rajasthan

Bishnoi family

* Ram Singh Bishnoi - Former Cabinet Minister and 7 times member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ** Malkhan Singh Bishnoi - Former member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (son of Ram Singh Bishnoi) * Mahendra Bishnoi - MLA from Luni in Jodhpur district (son of Malkhan Singh Bishnoi)

Gehlot family

Ashok Gehlot Ashok Gehlot (born 3 May 1951) politician serving as the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He held this position from December 1998 to 2003, and from 2008 to 2013, and again from 17 December 2018. He represents Sardarpura constituency of Jo ...

- Current

Chief Minister of Rajasthan The chief minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's '' de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ...

** Vaibhav Gehlot - chairman,

Rajasthan Cricket Association The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), headquartered in Jaipur, is the governing body of Cricket in the state of Rajasthan. RCA administers the game of cricket in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Cricket Association was founded i ...

(son of

)

Maderna family

* Parasram Maderna - Former cabinet minister

Government of Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of Raja ...

and former Speaker of

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Members of the Legislative asse ...

** Mahipal Maderna - Former cabinet minister

(son of Parasram Maderna) *** Divya Maderna - Member of

(daughter of Mahipal Maderna)

Meena family

Bharat lal meena former cabinet minister in Rajasthan government. 4 time MLA from bamanwas constituency. * Namo Narain Meena, former minister of state, former union minister of state from congress party ** Harish Meena, former DGP of rajasthan and MP of Dausa constituency from Bjp party *** Om Prakash Meena, chief secretary of Rajasthan

Mirdha family

* Baldev Ram Mirdha **

Ram Niwas Mirdha Ram Niwas Mirdha (24 August 1924 – 29 January 2010) was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967. Mirdha was as a ca ...

- Former central cabinet minister (son of Baldev Ram Mirdha) *** Harendra Mirdha - Former cabinet minister

**** Raghuvendra Mirdha - Member Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee **

Nathuram Mirdha Nathuram Mirdha (20 October 1921 – 30 August 1996) was a parliamentarian, freedom fighter, social reformer and popular farmer leader of Marwar region in Rajasthan, India. He was born in Kuchera, Nagaur district, Rajasthan on 20 October ...

- Former Member of the

(nephew of Baldev Ram Mirdha) ***

Bhanu Prakash Mirdha Bhanu Prakash Mirdha (born 27 March 1953) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former member of Lok Sabha. In 1997, he was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha Bye election from Nagaur constituency in Rajasthan st ...

- Former MP, Lok Sabha (son of

) **** Richpal Mirdha - Member of Legislative Assembly *****

Jyoti Mirdha Jyoti Mirdha (born 26 July 1972) is an Indian politician. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) from the Nagaur (Lok Sabha constituency) as a Congress party candidate. Family and early life Jyoti Mirdha Gehlaut is the daughter ...

- Member of Parliament

Pilot family

* Rajesh Pilot - Former Central cabinet minister *

Rama Pilot Rama Pilot (born 12 February 1948) is an Indian National Congress (INC) politician from the state of Rajasthan. She represented Dausa in the 13th Lok Sabha. She has also represented Hindoli in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Early life Ram ...

- Former Member of Parliament (wife) **

- Member of the

, Former Deputy Chief Minister and Former Union Minister in Government of India. (son of Rajesh Pilot and son-in-law of

)

Raje family

Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Scindia (born 8 March 1953) is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Micro, S ...

- Former

** Dushyant Singh - MP, Lok Sabha (son of

)

Sharma family

* Banwari Lal Sharma - Former Cabinet Minister and 5 time MLA from Dholpur Assembly constituency * Ashok Sharma - MLA and former Dholpur President of Congress * Ritesh Sharma - Mayor of Dholpur * Murari Lal Sharma - Nagar Palika Chairman of Dholpur

Singh family

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (; 3 January 193827 September 2020) was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamen ...

- Former Union Minister in Government of India **

Manvendra Singh Colonel Manvendra Singh Jasol (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He joined Congress on 17 October 2018. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the B ...

- MP, Lok Sabha (son of

)

Verma family

* Manikya Lal Verma - First Prime Minister of Undivided Rajasthan, Former MP, Lok Sabha from Tonk and

Chittorgarh Chittorgarh (also Chittor or Chittaurgarh) is a major city in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgarh District. It was a major stronghol ...

* Naraini Devi Verma - Former Member of Parliament (wife of Manikya Lal Verma) ** Deen Bandhu Verma - Former Member of Parliament from Udaipur, Former Member of Legislative Assembly from Kapasan, Former Minister of State, Govt of Rajasthan (son of Manikya Lal Verma)

Vishnoi family

* Poonam Chand Vishnoi - Former Speaker of

** Vijay Laxmi Bishnoi - Member of PCC (daughter of Poonam Chand Vishnoi)

Tamil Nadu

Families in DMK

The
Karunanidhi Family The Karunanidhi family are an Indian political family who have had considerable influence in the politics and cinema of Tamil Nadu. The most notable member of the family was M. Karunanidhi who was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms ...
- DMK

* M. Karunanidhi, Former

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu The chief minister of Tamil Nadu is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, bu ...

** M. K. Alagiri, Former Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India (Second son of Karunanidhi) **

M. K. Stalin Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin ( , born 1 March 1953), often referred to by his initials MKS, is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Stalin ...

(Third son of Karunanidhi) ***

Udhayanidhi Stalin Udhayanidhi Stalin (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer, actor, and politician who prominently works in the Tamil cinema. He is the Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu in the ministry led by his father, ...

, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu (Grandson of Karunanidhi and Son of Stalin) ** Kanimozhi Karunanidhi,

(Second daughter of Karunanidhi) **

Murasoli Maran Murasoli Maran (17 August 1934 – 23 November 2003) was an Indian politician and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party which was headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 3 ...

, Former Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India (Nephew of Karunanidhi) ***

Dayanidhi Maran Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected thrice as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency during ...

, Former Minister of Textiles of the Republic of India (Son of Murasoli)

The
Durai Murugan Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since 9 September 2020. He graduated in ...
Family - DMK

Durai Murugan Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since 9 September 2020. He graduated in ...

(Current Minister for Water Resources of Tamil Nadu) **

Kathir Anand Durai Murugan Kathir Anand (born 19 January 1975) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, elected from Tamil Nadu. He is the son of the DMK General Secretary and Minister for Water Resources in the Government of Tamil Nadu, Durai Mur ...

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

from

Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency) Vellore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the present state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 8. The 2019 lok sabha election was scheduled to b ...

(Only Son of Durai Murugan)

The P.T.R Family - DMK

* P. T. Rajan, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency in 1936. ** P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan, former Speaker of the

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the Assembl ...

and Minister in the State Cabinet. ** P.T.R.Palanivel Thiyagarajan , finance minister of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

The T R Baalu Family - DMK

* T R Baalu, MP from Sriperumbudur and Treasurer of DMK ** T R B Rajaa, MLA from

Mannargudi Mannargudi () is a town in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Mannargudi taluk. The town is located at a distance of from the district headquarters Thiruvarur, 36 km from Kumbakonam, 40 km fro ...

, Member o
TN State Planning Commission
and Secretary of DMK IT Wing

The V. Thangapandian Family - DMK

* V. ThangapandianFormer MLA

Aruppukottai (state assembly constituency) Aruppukottai is a legislative assembly in Virudhunagar district, which includes the city, Aruppukkottai. It is a part of the Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency. This is the constituency, held by popular actor-turned politician, M.G. Ramachandra ...

** Thangam Thennarasu, Son of . Thangapandian Minister for Department of Industries, Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology Minister of Tamil Nadu **

Thamizhachi Thangapandian Thamizhachi Thangapandian also known as Sumathy is an Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency), Chennai Sou ...

, Daughter of . Thangapandian She is member of Parliament

Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency) The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of M ...

The I. Periyasamy Family - DMK

* I. Periyasamy, 2021 Minister of Co-operation, Government of Tamil Nadu. ** I P Senthil Kumar, Son of I.Periyasamy, an MLA from

Attur (state assembly constituency) Attur is a state legislative assembly constituency in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 82. It comprises a portion of Attur taluk, which includes the city of Attur. The constituency is ...

The Anbil P. Dharmalingam Family - DMK

* Anbil P. Dharmalingam, was one of the founder-members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) **

Anbil Poyyamozhi Anbil Poyyamozhi was an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu. He was a close confidant and friend of current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin. Poyyamozhi was elected to the Tamil Nad ...

, son of Anbil P. Dharmalingam, Former minister of School Education of Tamil Nadu, ***

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi (born 2 December 1977 as "Nallamuththu Poyyamozhi") is an Indian politician serving as the Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu and District secretary for Trichy district-South (Trichy east, Thiruverumbur & Manapp ...

, son of Anbil Poyyamozhi a member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu **

Anbil Periyasamy Anbil Periyasamy is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of former DMK Minister Anbil P. Dharmalingam and younger brother of Anbil Poyyamozhi. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislati ...

, son of Anbil P. Dharmalingam, Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu,

Tiruchirappalli – II Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

The K. Anbazhagan Family - DMK

* K. Anbazhagan, Former minister of Finance. ** A.Vetriazhagan, Grandson of K. Anbazhagan, an MLA from

Villivakkam (state assembly constituency) Villivakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 14. It consists of a portion of Chennai and falls under Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the ...

The K. Ponmudy Family - DMK

*K. Ponmudy, Minister of Higher Education of Tamil Nadu **

Gautham Sigamani Dr Gautham Sigamani Pon is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.He is the son ...

, Son of K.Ponmudy, an MP from

Kallakurichi (Lok Sabha constituency) Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 14. This constituency came into existence following the implementation of de ...

The Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Family - DMK

* Aladi Aruna, Former Minister of Law **

Poongothai Aladi Aruna Poongothai Aladi Aruna is an Indian politician and former Information and Technology minister of Tamil Nadu under DMK ruling in 2006–2011. In 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election she contested from Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency) and w ...

, Daughter of Aladi Aruna, Former minister of Tamil Nadu for Information Technology

The N. V. Natarajan Family - DMK

* N. V. Natarajan Founding member of DMK. He was former minister for Labour and Backward classes in Tamil Nadu Government during 1969 - 1975 ** N. V. N. Somu Son of N. V. Natarajan. He was former Lok Shaba member. *** Kanimozhi NVN Somu Daughter of N. V. N. Somu Member of Rajya Shaba from DMK.

The Arcot N. Veeraswami Family - DMK

* Arcot N. Veeraswami Former treasurer of DMK, Former Minister of DMK ** Kalanidhi Veeraswamy Member of Lok Shaba from North Chennai constituency

The N. Periasamy Family - DMK

*N. Periasamy,former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tuticorin constituency in the 1989 and 1996 elections. **Geetha Jeevan is the daughter of N. Periasamy,Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment

The K. P. P. Samy Family - DMK

* K. P. P. Samy,former Minister for Fisheries in Tamil Nadu state of India ** K P Shankar, brother of K. P. P. Samy,member Legislative Assembly from the Tiruvottiyur constituency in 2021

The S. Sivasubramanian Family - DMK

* S. Sivasubramanian, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Andimadam constituency in 1989 election ** S. S. Sivasankar,Minister for Transport

The Families in
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

The Rajagopalachari Family - Congress

*Late

C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...

, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1937–40),

Madras State Madras State was a state of India during the mid-20th century. At the time of its formation in 1950, it included the whole of present-day Tamil Nadu (except Kanyakumari district), Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, the Malabar region of North and ...

(1952–54), Governor of

(1946–48), Governor-General of India (1948–50). Union Minister in

(1950–52). **

Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former ...

, Governor of

. ** C. R. Narasimhan, Former Member of

from

Krishnagiri Krishnagiri () is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004. It is located at the bottom of Krishnadevaraya Hills, and the town is fully surrounded by hill ...

The C.P.Ramaswami Iyer family - Congress

C. P. Ramaswami Iyer Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer (12 November 1879 – 26 September 1966), popularly known as Sir C. P., was an Indian lawyer, administrator and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1920 to 1923, Law m ...

, Member of

Madras Legislative Council Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was init ...

and Diwan of Travancore. ** C. R. Pattabhi Raman, Former Member of

from Kumbakonam.

The Bhaktavatsalam Family - Congress

M. Bhaktavatsalam Minjur Bhakthavatsalam (9 October 1897 – 13 February 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the chief minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congress chief minister of Ta ...

, Chief Minister of Madras state (1962–1967). *

Jayanthi Natarajan Jayanthi Natarajan (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Indian National Congress and has been thrice elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha. From July 2011 ...

, Former Member of

Indian Parliament The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...

The Families in
AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief m ...

The M. G. Ramachandran Family -
AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief m ...

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

, Former

* V. N. Janaki Ramachandran, Former

(Wife of Ramachandran)

The O. Panneerselvam Family - AIADMK

* O. Panneerselvam, Former

** P. Ravindhranath,

(First son of Panneerselvam)

Families in multiparties

The Kumaramangalam Family - Multiparty

*Late P. Subbarayan, former Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1926–1930), Member of

from

Tiruchengode Tiruchengode is a city and selection grade municipality located in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for the ancient hilltop temple of Umaiorubagan (Arthanāreeshwara), dedicated to the unique combined male-female form of Lord S ...

Radhabai Subbarayan Kailash Radhabai Subbarayan, ''nee'' Kudmul (22 April 1891 - 1960) was an Indian politician, women's rights activist and social reformer. She was the wife of Indian politician P. Subbarayan and mother of Mohan Kumaramangalam, P. P. Kumaramangal ...

, Famous human rights activist **

Mohan Kumaramangalam Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam ( ta, சுரேந்திர மோகன் குமாரமங்கலம்) (1 November 1916 — 30 May 1973) was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Communist Party of I ...

, politician and trade union leader from the Communist Party of India. ***

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam Phanindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (12 May 1952 – 23 August 2000) was a prominent politician of the Indian National Congress and later the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from the Salem constituency from 1 ...

, Indian politician. Member of Lok Sabha from Salem and later,

Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

and Union Minister in

***

Lalitha Kumaramangalam Lalitha Kumaramangalam (born 1958) is an Indian politician who is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former chairperson of the National Commission for Women. She was previously the National Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ ...

, politician and member of the BJP's national executive. **

Parvathi Krishnan Parvathi Krishnan (15 March 1919 – 20 February 2014) was an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India. She was a three time former Member of Parliament representing Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency and Rajya Sabha member. She was ...

, Former Member of Lok Sabha from Coimbatore.

The V. K. Sasikala Family - Multi Parties

*** VK Sasikala, Indian Businesswoman turned Politician *** M. Natarajan, Sasikala's husband *** V. K. Dhivakaran, Founding General Secretary Of Anna Dravidar Kazhagam and brother of VK Sasikala ***

T. T. V. Dhinakaran Thiruthurapoondi Thiruvenkatam Vivekananda Dhinakaran (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian politician and founding General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazagam. In the past he was the Treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ...

, General Secretary Of Ammk and Sasikala's elder Sister Vanimani's Son **** Anuradha Dhinakaran , Dhinakaran's wife. *** V. N. Sudhakaran, Jayalalithaa's foster son and brother of TTV Dhinakaran *** T. T. V. Bhaskaran, Founding General Secretary Of Anna Mgr Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam and brother of TTV Dhinakaran *** J. Illavarsi, Sasikala's brother Jayaraman's widow *** Vivek Jayaraman, Sasikala's brother Jayaraman's son

Family in MDMK

The Vaiko Family - MDMK

Vaiko Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy, better known as Vaiko, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra ...

, founder of the

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra ...

. **

Durai Vaiyapuri Durai Vaiko ( ta, துரை வையாபுரி) (born 1972) is a businessman and son of Vaiko, founder of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK). He was appointed as the MDMK chief secretary of the party, one of the party's st ...

, Internet wing

MDMK The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra ...

Family in PMK

The Ramadoss Family - PMK

* S. Ramadoss PMK founder * Anbumani Ramadoss Member of Parliament from

and former Cabinet Minister (Ministry of Health) during 2004-09

Family in TMC

The G. K. Moopanar Family - TMC

*Late G. K. Moopanar, Indian politician and founder of the

Tamil Maanila Congress The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (; TMC(M)) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is founded by the former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India G. K. Moopanar on 29 March 1996 as a breakaway fact ...

. ** G. K. Vasan, Former Union Minister in

Tripura

Singh family

* Sachindra Lal Singh - Former

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

** Asish Lal Singh - State president of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

(son)

Uttar Pradesh

Chaudhary Family

Chaudhary Charan Singh Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the 'champion of India's peasants.' Charan S ...

, ex-Prime Minister of India ** Chaudhary Ajit Singh, founder of

Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Ch ...

*** Jayant Chaudhary, Member of Parliament

Gorakhnath Math family

* Digvijay Nath, former state president of Hindu Mahasabha and MP. ** Mahant Avaidyanath, adopted son of Digvijay Nath, MP & MLA, later joined the

Bhartiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

***

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

, adopted son of Mahant Avaidyanath, MP & MLA, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Yadav family

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. In the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as ...

– former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University * ...

– Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (son of Mulayam) **

Dimple Yadav Dimple Yadav (born 15 January 1978) is an Indian politician. She is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Mainpuri since December 2022, and has earlier served as Member of the Lok Sabha for two terms from Kannauj. She is the wife of Samajwadi ...

– Former Lok Sabha MP (daughter-in-Law of Mulayam) *Abhay Ram Yadav (brother) **

Dharmendra Yadav Dharmendra Yadav (born 3 February 1979) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 16th Lok Sabha representing Badaun constituency as Samajwadi Party candidate. Early life and education Dharmendra ...

– Former Lok Sabha MP (nephew of Mulayam) *

Shivpal Singh Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of the former Chief Minist ...

– Former Minister in the

government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

(brother) *Rajpal Singh Yadav (brother) **Abhishek Yadav alias Anshul Yadav - District Panchayat Chairman of

Etawah Etawah also known as Ishtikapuri is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. Etawah's population of 256,838 (as per 2011 population census) m ...

(nephew of Mulayam) *

Ram Gopal Yadav Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from ...

– MP

(cousin brother) **

Akshay Yadav Akshay Yadav (born 25 October 1986) is an Indian politician belonging to Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. He was member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Firozabad and had won with a margin of 1,14,000 votes. He lost to Chandrasen Jadon of Bharatiya ...

– Former Lok Sabha MP (son of Ram Gopal)

Khan family

* Azam Khan (born 1948), former Leader of the Opposition

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the- ...

; former Cabinet Minister in the

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...

; former MP

and

; ten-term MLA Rampur constituency * Tazeen Fatma, former

Member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

; former MLA Rampur constituency * Abdullah Azam Khan, twice elected MLA for the Suar Assembly constituency

West Bengal

Subhas Chandra Bose family

* Subhas Chandra BoseIndian nationalist * Sharat Chandra Bose ** Subrata Bose -

(MP) from Barasat Lok Sabha constituency 2004-2009 (youngest son of

Sarat Chandra Bose Sarat Chandra Bose ( Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র বসু) (6 September 1889 – 20 February 1950) was an Indian barrister and independence activist. Early life He was born to Janakinath Bose (father) and Prabhabati Devi in Cutta ...

and nephew of Subhas Chandra Bose) **

Sisir Kumar Bose Sisir Kumar Bose (2 February 1920 – 30 September 2000) was an Indian freedom fighter, pediatrician and legislator. He was the son of Indian nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose, nephew of Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose and husband ...

- Indian freedom fighter, pediatrician and legislator (nephew of Subhas Chandra and husband of Krishna Bose) ** Krishna Bose - MP from

Jadavpur Jadavpur is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata in the district of Kolkata of West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and internation ...

1996-2004 (wife of

, Subhas Chandra Bose's nephew) ***

Sugata Bose Sugata Bose (born 7 September 1956) is an Indian historian and politician who has taught and worked in the United States since the mid-1980s. His fields of study are South Asian and Indian Ocean history. Bose taught at Tufts University until 2 ...

- Lok Sabha MP from Jadavpur 2014-2019 (Sisir Kumar Bose and Krishna Bose's son)

Dasmunsi family

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (''Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi''; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was an Indian National Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj (Lok Sabha con ...

- Former cabinet minister in the

government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

* Deepa Dasmunsi - Former Minister of State for Urban Development in the government of India (wife)

Konar family

Hare Krishna Konar Hare Krishna Konar ( bn, হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার, Harēkr̥ṣṇa kōṅāra, ; 5 August 1915 – 23 July 1974) was an Indian Marxist revolutionary, radical activist and Communist politician. Konar was a founding ...

, freedom fighter and politician, one of the founding member of Communist Consolidation and later one of the co-founder of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

, first Minister of Land and Land Reforms *

Benoy Krishna Konar Benoy Krishna Konar (1930-14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and went to be a three time MLA in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Benoy Krishna was born in ...

, Former MLA and president of All India Kisan Sabha, younger brother of Hare Krishna Konar

Banerjee family

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

- Chief Minister of

** Abhishek Banerjee - MP from Diamond Harbour constituency (nephew)

Bandopadhyay family

* Sudip Bandyopadhyay - MP from the Kolkata Uttar constituency

Ahmed family

* Sultan Ahmed - MP and former Union Minister of State for Tourism Department, government of India * Sajda Ahmed - MP from the

Uluberia Uluberia is a city and a municipality of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Uluberia subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). This city is ...

constituency (wife) * Iqbal Ahmed - MLA and former deputy mayor of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

(brother)

Chatterjee family

Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee (1895–1971/72) was an Indian politician & jurist who served as a judge at the Calcutta High Court & Also was an elected member of Loksabha from Bengal. He served as the vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Assoc ...

- MP from Hoogly *

Somnath Chatterjee Somnath Chatterjee (25 July 1929 – 13 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was t ...

- Speaker of the

and MP from

Bolpur Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan, Sriniketan and Prantik. The city is known as a Cultural ...

(son)

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