Political families of India

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Although India is a parliamentary democracy, 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.[1] The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national, state, regional, and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers, and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978.[2] The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Kerala Congress, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Indian Union Muslim League, AIMIM, and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families, mostly those of the party founders.[3][4]

National

Nehru–Gandhi family

Main article: Nehru–Gandhi family

The Nehru–Gandhi family's involvement with the Congress Party began with Motilal Nehru in the 1920s, when India was still part of the British Empire. The family became more influential under his son, Jawaharlal Nehru, 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. The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has dominated the Congress Party since Indian independence in 1947.[5] The party was defeated in the 2014 elections, however, and high-level defections took place in Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir.[6] The family still has widespread name recognition.[7]

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Main article:
List of political families of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Assam

Gogoi Family

  • Dip Gogoi— MLA in Assam (2001-2001), Lok Sabha Member (2002-2014)

Bihar

Main article: Political families of Bihar

Mehta Family

Chaudhary Family

Prasad Family

  • Jagdeo Prasad— Founder of Shoshit Samaj Party and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
  • Satish Prasad Singh— Former Chief Minister of Bihar for shortest tenure. (brother-in-law of Jagdeo Prasad)
    • Nagmani— Former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, several time Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly and Minister in Government of Bihar. (son of Jagdeo Prasad and son-in-law of Satish Prasad Singh).

Verma Family

Kushwaha Family

Yadav family

Mishra family

Sinha family

Chhattisgarh

Main article: Political families of Chhattisgarh

Jogi family

Shukla family

Kashyap family

Singh (Raman) family

Goa

Alemao family

Bandodkar family

Dhavalikar family

D'Souza family

Fernandes family

Gauns family

Lobo family

Monserrate family

Rane family

Saldanha family

Sequeira family

Shet family

Vaz family

Zantye family

  • Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye – Former MP from
    North Goa, former MLA from Bicholim and Maem[24]

Gujarat

Main article: Political families of Gujarat

Patel family

Haryana

Main article: Political families of Haryana

Chautala family

Jindal family

  • Om Prakash Jindal (1930–2005) – Minister of Power of Haryana (2005), Lok Sabha member (1996–1997), member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (1991–1996, 2005)
  • Savitri Jindal (1950–) – Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (2005–), Minister of Power of Haryana 2005–2010 (wife)
    • Naveen Jindal (1970–) – Lok Sabha member 2004–present (son)

Himachal Pradesh

Singh (Virbhadra) family

  • Shimla
    .
  • 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)[26]

Dhumal family

  • Prem Kumar Dhumal (born 10 April 1944) – Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh (March 1998 – March 2003 and 1 January 2008 – 25 December 2012), former Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur
    • Anurag Singh Thakur (born 24 October 1974) – Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs in Narendra Modi's government (son)[27]

Sukh Ram family

Jammu and Kashmir

Abdullah family

Sayeed family

See also: Saʽid and Sayyid

Jharkhand

Soren family

Verma family

Karnataka

Devegowda family

Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle Former minister of Karnataka.

Kerala

Main article: Political families of Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Main article: Political families of Madhya Pradesh

Singh family (Churhat)

Chaudhary family

Chaturvedi family

Nath family

MP Singh family

  • Raghogarh
    • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
      (son)
    • Lakshman Singh – MLA from Raghogarh (son)
    • Mool Singh – MLA from Raghogarh (nephew)
    • Jaivardhan Singh—Ex minister madhyaprdesh kamalnath cabinet, MLA from Raghogarh (Grand son)

Vajpayee family

Maharashtra

Main article: Political families of Maharashtra

Ambedkar family

Main article: Ambedkar family

Thackeray family

Pawar family

Odisha

Main article: Political families of Odisha

Patnaik family

  • Biju Patnaik - Former Chief Minister of Odisha (earlier known as Orissa)
    • Chief Minister of Odisha
      (son)

Biswal family

Puducherry

Reddiar family

  • Chief Minister of Pondicherry
    and freedom fighter

Farook family

Punjab

Main article: Political families of Punjab, India

Royal Family of Patiala

Badal Family

Majithia Family

  • Surat Singh, zamindar and military officer in the Khalsa Army[30] In 1877, he was awarded the title of Raja and made a Companion of the Star of India.
  • Umrao Singh, aristocrat and a scholar in Sanskrit and Persian and Father of Amrita Sher-Gil
  • Sundar Singh Majithia, landowner and politician. He was a member of Khalsa Nationalist Party and Revenue Member at the first and second legislative councils of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The first president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
  • Wing Commander
    Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia, Indian politician, diplomat, and air force officer. Son of Sundar Singh Majithia
  • Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter. Daughter of Umrao Singh
  • Satyajit Singh Majithia, educationist, industrialist, philanthropist, and Chancellor of Khalsa University. Son of
    Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia
    , former Deputy Defence Minister
  • Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries. Daughter of Satyajit Singh Majithia
  • Bikram Singh Majithia, a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. Son of Satyajit Singh Majithia

Kairon Family

Mann Family

  • Budh Singh Mann, General in the Sikh Khalsa Army
  • Jathedar Arur Singh Naushera, Jathedar of the Akal Takht. Grandson of Budh Singh Mann
  • Joginder Singh Mann, IPS Officer and local politician. Son of Arur Singh Naushera
  • Simranjit Singh Mann, multiple time Member of Parliament from Sangrur. Son of Joginder Singh Mann
  • Emaan Singh Mann, politician. Son of Simranjit Singh Mann

Royal Family of Sarai Naga

Talwandi family

Bajwa Family

Rajasthan

Main article: Political families of Rajasthan

Singh Family

The Beniwal Family (Jats)

On 29 October 2018, Hanuman Beniwal founded the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, becoming its national convenor in the process. This made Beniwal family as one of the most influential political families of Rajasthan since Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) is the only successful party in the state besides Indian National Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party.[33][34]

Bishnoi family

Gehlot family

Maderna family

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

Pilot family

Raje family

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

Verma family

Vishnoi family

Tamil Nadu

Main article: Political families of Tamil Nadu

Tripura

Singh family

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: Political families of Uttar Pradesh

Maurya family

Chaudhary Family

Yadav family

Khan family

West Bengal

Main article: Political families of West Bengal

Subhas Chandra Bose family

Dasmunsi family

Konar family

Banerjee family

Bandopadhyay family

Ahmed family

Chatterjee family

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