Political families of India

This is a partial listing of prominent political families of India.

However Royal families (who inherit their position automatically) are not included, unless certain later descendants have played political roles in a republican structure.

Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty

Note: The Gandhi surname comes from Feroze Gandhi, the husband of Indira, and is not related to Mahatma Gandhi. See main article The Nehru–Gandhi family

• Motilal Nehru (Freedom Fighter, politician and lawyer) (Father)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru (Freedom Fighter, First Indian PM, Prime Minister, 1947–1964) (Son of Motilal)
    • Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister, 1966–1977 and 1980–1984) (Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru)
      • Rajiv Gandhi (Prime Minister, 1984–1989) (Son of Indira Gandhi)
      • Sonia Gandhi, (President of the Indian National Congress party), Led Indian National Congress to victory in two successive Lok Sabha Elections, could not become PM despite wanting to become Prime Minister of India, wife of Rajiv Gandhi
        • Rahul Gandhi (politician, Member of Parliament) - (Son of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi)
        • Priyanka Gandhi (political activist) - (daughter of Rajiv Gandhi)
      • Sanjay Gandhi (politician) - (Son of Indira Gandhi)
      • Maneka Gandhi (politician, Cabinet Member of Narendra Modi led Government ) - (Widow of Sanjay) - (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP)
        • Varun Gandhi (politician, Member of Parliament) - (Son of Sanjay) - (BJP)
      • Uma Nehru (Member of Parliament) - (Indira's cousin)
        • Arun Nehru (politician, ex-minister) - (Nephew of Indira, son of Uma)
  • Kamala Nehru, (wife of Jawaharlal, Congress leader)
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, (MP and diplomat) (daughter of Motilal)
    • Nayantara Sahgal, (novelist and political critic) (daughter of Mrs Pandit)

Kerala

• Political families of Kerala

West Bengal

• Political families of West Bengal

Andhra Pradesh

• Political families of Andhra Pradesh

Bihar

• Political families of Bihar

Tamil Nadu

• Political families of Tamil Nadu

Punjab

• Political families of Punjab, India

Maharashtra

• Political families of Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh

• Political families of Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

• Political families of Rajasthan

Haryana

• Political families of Haryana

Odisha

• Political families of Odisha

Gujarat

• Political families of Gujarat

Karnataka

The GOWDA family

• H. D. Deve Gowda (Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda), ex Prime Minister of India
  • H. D. Kumaraswamy (Hardanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy), ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. son of H D Devagowda
  • H D Revanna (Hardanahalli Deve Gowda Revanna), ex PWD minister Gov. of Karnataka. son of H D Devagowda

• S. M. Krishna, Union cabinet minister (External affairs), ex[Chief Minister of Karnataka]

Madhya Pradesh

The Scindia Family (former Maharajas) (mother-son and daughters-grandsons)

• Rajmata Vijayraje ScindiaBJP
• Madhavrao Scindia, son of Vijayaraje INC
• Jyotiraditya Scindia, son of Madhavrao
• Vasundhara Raje Scindia, daughter of Vijayaraje
  • • Dushyant Singh, son of Vasundhara Raje
  • Yashodhara Raje Scindia, daughter of Vijayaraje

The Singh family of Kawardha State

• Dharamraj Singh, MLA from Kawardha
  • Vishwaraj Pratap Singh, son of Dharamraj Singh MLA from Kawardha
    • Yogeshwar Raj Singh, son of Vishwaraj Pratap Singh MLA from Kawardha

Bhuria family

• Dileep Singh Bhuria, MP from Ratlam
• Kantilal Bhuria, , MP from Ratlam

Chaturvedi family

• Vidyawati Chaturvedi, MLA from Laundi Vidhan Sabha constituency
  • Satyavrat Chaturvedi, son of Vidyawati Chaturvedi and MP of Rajya Sabha

Nath family

• Kamal Nath, Ex-Minister of Urban Development
• Alka Nath, Ex member of parliament from Chhindwara

Vajpayee family

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India
  • Karuna Shukla, niece of Atal Bihari, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India

Chhattisgarh

Jogi family

• Ajit Jogi, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
  • Amit Jogi, son of former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi

Shukla family

• Ravi Shankar Shukla, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
  • Shyama Charan Shukla, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
    • Amitesh Shukla, son of Shyama Charan Rural Development Minister in the Chhattisgarh 2002/03
  • Vidya Charan Shukla, Minister of External Affairs

Kashyap family

• Baliram Kashyap, member of Lok Sabha from Bastar
  • Dinesh Kashyap, son of Baliram, member of Lok Sabha from Bastar

Singh family

• Raman Singh, current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
  • Abhishek Singh, son of Raman Singh, member of Lok Sabha from Rajnandgaon

Jammu and Kashmir

The Abdullah Family

• Sheikh Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
• Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah, Member of Parliament (wife of Sheikh Abdullah)
• Mustafa kamal, MLA (son of sheikh abdullah
• Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (son of Sheikh Abdullah). Farooq's children:
  • • Safia Abdullah, (married to a Muslim engineer Asim Khan)
    • Hinna Abdullah, (married in UK)
    • Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, former Union Minister
    • Sara Abdullah, (married to Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, former Union Minister)

The Shah Family

• Ghulam Mohammad Shah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (son in-law of Sheikh Abdullah)
• Begum Khalida Shah, President of Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference (Daughter of Sheikh Abdullah)

The Sayeed Family

• Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
  • Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of Mufti Muhammed

Pondicherry

The Reddiar Family

• V. Venkatasubha Reddiar (Ex-Chief Minister of Pondicherry and Freedom Fighter) (Father)
  • V. Vaithilingam Reddiar (Ex-Chief Minister of Pondicherry) (Son of Venkatasubha Reddiar)

The Farook family

• M. O. H. Farook (Ex-Chief Minister of Pondicherry) (Father)
  • M. O. H. F. Shahjahan (Former Education Minister of Pondicherry) (Son)

Telangana

The Kalvakuntla family

• Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, first and current Chief Minister of Telangana
  • K. T. Rama Rao, Son of Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao and Cabinet Minister for Panchayat Raj & IT, Telangana State
  • K. Kavitha, Member of Parliament, Nizamabad and daughter of Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao
• T. Harish Rao nephew of K. Chandrashekhar Rao and Cabinet Minister for Irrigation, Marketing & Legislative Affairs for Telangana state