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**[[Chiranjib Biswal]] - Former deputy opposition leader of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] (son)
**[[Chiranjib Biswal]] - Former deputy opposition leader of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] (son)


==Pondicherry==
==Puducherry==
=== {{anchor|The [[Reddiar]] Family}}Reddiar family ===
=== {{anchor|The [[Reddiar]] Family}}Reddiar family ===
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===The [[Ramachandran]] Family - AIADMK ===
===The [[Ramachandran]] Family - AIADMK ===
*[[M.G. Ramachandran]] – Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
*[[M.G. Ramachandran]] – Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
*[[Janaki Ramachandran]], wife of above – Former Chief Minister of [[Tamil Nadu]]
*[[VN Janaki Ramachandran]], wife of above – Former Chief Minister of [[Tamil Nadu]]
=== The [[V. K. Sasikala]] Family - Multi Parties===
***[[V. K. Sasikala|VK Sasikala]], Indian Busniesswoman 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]],  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


===The [[Karunanidhi]] family - DMK===  
===The [[Karunanidhi]] family - DMK===  

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India is a parliamentary democracy. The country's politics has become dynastic, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, and 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 senior 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, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, AIMIM, and the Nationalist Congress Party are dominated by families.[3][4]

Nehru–Gandhi familyEdit

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]

Congress PartyEdit

  • Motilal Nehru - Freedom fighter, politician and lawyer
    • Jawaharlal Nehru - Freedom fighter, First Indian Prime Minister, 1947–1964 (son of Motilal)
    • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - Member of Parliament, diplomat (daughter of Motilal)
    • Kamala Nehru - Congress Party leader (wife of Jawaharlal)
      • Indira Gandhi - Prime Minister, 1966–1977 and 1980–1984 (daughter of Jawaharlal)
        • Rajiv Gandhi - Prime minister, 1984–1989 (son of Indira)
        • Sonia Gandhi - President of the Congress Party, leading it to victory in two successive Lok Sabha elections[8] (wife of Rajiv)
          • Rahul Gandhi - Member of Parliament, Congress Party president (son of Rajiv and Sonia)
          • Priyanka Gandhi - Congress Party general secretary (daughter of Rajiv)
        • Sanjay Gandhi - Politician (son of Indira)
        • Uma Nehru - Member of Parliament (cousin of Indira)
          • Arun Nehru Former minister (nephew of Indira, son of Uma)

BJPEdit

Mahatma Gandhi familyEdit

Main article: Family of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) led the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi was called the "Father of the Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose on 6 July 1944 in an address on Singapore Radio. On 28 April 1947, Sarojini Naidu also called Gandhi the Father of the Nation.[9]

In 1885, Gandhi and his wife Kasturba (née Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia) had their first baby; the baby survived only a few days. They had four more children, all sons: Harilal in 1888, Manilal in 1892, Ramdas in 1897, and Devdas in 1900.[10] Gandhi's family has been less active in politics than Nehru's.

Ambedkar familyEdit

Main article: Ambedkar family

Reddy familyEdit

BiharEdit

Main article: Political families of Bihar

Yadav familyEdit

Mishra familyEdit

Sinha familyEdit

ChhattisgarhEdit

Main article: Political families of Chhattisgarh

Jogi familyEdit

Shukla familyEdit

Kashyap familyEdit

Singh familyEdit

Alemao familyEdit

Bandodkar familyEdit

Dhavalikar familyEdit

D'Souza familyEdit

Gauns familyEdit

Monserrate familyEdit

Rane familyEdit

Saldanha familyEdit

Sequeira familyEdit

Vaz familyEdit

Zantye familyEdit

Chautala familyEdit

Jindal familyEdit

  • 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 PradeshEdit

HP Singh familyEdit

Dhumal familyEdit

  • 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

Sukh Ram familyEdit

Jammu and KashmirEdit

Abdullah familyEdit

Sayeed familyEdit

See also: Saʽid and Sayyid

KarnatakaEdit

Devegowda familyEdit

Madhya PradeshEdit

Main article: Political families of Madhya Pradesh

Singh family (Churhat)Edit

Chaudhary familyEdit

Chaturvedi familyEdit

Nath familyEdit

MP Singh familyEdit

Vajpayee familyEdit

MaharashtraEdit

Main article: Political families of Maharashtra

Thackeray familyEdit

Pawar familyEdit

OdishaEdit

Main article: Political families of Odisha

Patnaik familyEdit

Biswal familyEdit

PuducherryEdit

Reddiar familyEdit

Farook familyEdit

PunjabEdit

Main article: Political families of Punjab, India

Badal familyEdit

Brar familyEdit

Harcharan Singh Brar-Former Chief Minister & former power minister punjab

    • Gurbinder Kaur Brar-Former MP (wife)
    • Kanwarjit Singh Brar (sunny)-former MLA (son)
    • Karan Kaur Brar former MLA (Daughter in law)
  • Jaswinder Singh Brar – Former Corporate Minister of Punjab

Singh (Amarinder) familyEdit

Sidhu familyEdit

Tamil NaduEdit

Main article: Political families of Tamil Nadu

The Ramachandran Family - AIADMKEdit

The V. K. Sasikala Family - Multi PartiesEdit

      • VK Sasikala, Indian Busniesswoman 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, General Secretary Of Ammk and Sasikala's elder Sister Vanimani's Son
      • 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

The Karunanidhi family - DMKEdit

The Ramadoss Family - PMKEdit

The Kumaramangalam Family [multi-party]Edit

Kumaramangalam family is in politics for 4 generations (great grandfather, grandfather, father & son and aunt)

The Rajagopalachari Family - CongressEdit

The C.P.Ramaswami Iyer family - CongressEdit

The Bhaktavatsalam Family - CongressEdit

The G. K. Moopanar Family - TMCEdit

The Vaiko Family - MDMKEdit

The O. Paneerselvam Family - AIADMKEdit

The P.T.R Family - DMKEdit


The Durai Murugan Family - DMKEdit

The T R Balu Family - DMKEdit

The V. Thangapandian Family - DMKEdit

The I. Periyasamy Family - DMKEdit

The Anbil P. Dharmalingam Family - DMKEdit

The K. Anbazhagan Family - DMKEdit

The K. Ponmudy Family - DMKEdit

The Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Family - DMKEdit

The N. V. Natarajan - DMKEdit


The Arcot N. Veeraswami Family - DMKEdit

TripuraEdit

Tripura Singh familyEdit

Uttar PradeshEdit

UP Yadav familyEdit

Singh (Kalyan) familyEdit

West BengalEdit

Main article: Political families of West Bengal

Subhas Chandra Bose familyEdit

Dasmunsi familyEdit

Banerjee familyEdit

Bandopadhyay familyEdit

Ahmed familyEdit

Chatterjee familyEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Chhibber⇑, Pradeep (March 2013). "Dynastic parties Organization, finance and impact". Party Politics. 19 (2): 277–295. doi:10.1177/1354068811406995. S2CID 144781444.
  2. ↑ Basu, Amrita (2016). Chandra, Kanchan (ed.). Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics (1 ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-107-12344-1. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Is the BJP less dynastic than the Congress? Not so, Lok Sabha data shows".
  4. ↑ Kanchan Chandra (28 April 2016). Democratic Dynasties: State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 131,136. ISBN 978-1-316-59212-0.
  5. ↑ Shira, Dezan; Devonshire-Ellis, Chris (2012). Doing Business in India. Heidelberg: Springer. p. 11. ISBN 9783642276170.
  6. ↑ Wallace, Paul (2015). India's 2014 Elections: A Modi-led BJP Sweep. New Delhi: SAGE Publications. ISBN 9789351505174.
  7. ↑ Foley, Michael (2013). Political Leadership: Themes, Contexts, and Critiques. Oxford: Ocford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780199685936.
  8. ↑ Vembu, Venky (30 June 2012). "Kalam not being truthful on Sonia-as-PM episode, says Swamy". firstpost.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ "Who named Mahatma Gandhi 'father of nation'? Govt foxed". Hindustan Times. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "From Satya to Sadbhavana" (PDF). 1 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "डिप्टी सीएम का पद संवैधानिक नहीं, सदन बोले तेजस्वी यादव; तारकिशोर प्रसाद को भी हड़काया". Jansatta (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "तेज प्रताप यादव दूसरी बार बने विधायक, 3 बार से चुनाव जीत रहे राज कुमार को हराया". Asianet News (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The Gauns family root". herald.com.
  14. ↑ "Shri Dushyant Chautala | CMO Haryana". haryanacmoffice.gov.in. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh Political royal family Father-son duo take oath of office for state assembly". theindianexpress.com.
  16. ↑ "CM Prem Kumar Dhumal's son Anurag Thakur takes over as BJP youth wing chief". thehindu.com.
  17. ↑ "For Sukhram life has come full circle". thehindu.com.
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