The children of prime ministers of India have been the subject of widespread public attention. There are 41 children of former prime ministers of India.[ citation needed]
Several of the children of former prime ministers have entered politics. Two have become prime ministers themselves, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
P. V. Narasimha Rao had 8 children, the most of any prime minister. Two prime ministers - Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi - have had no biological children. However, Vajpayee had an adoptive daughter while Modi has raised a Nepalese boy. [1]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) |
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of India | [2] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kusum Shastri | |||
2 | Hari Krishna Shastri | Former Union Minister, Government of India | ||
3 | Suman Shastri | |||
4 | Anil Shastri | Former Union Minister, Government of India | ||
5 | Sunil Shastri | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | ||
6 | Ashok Shastri |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) |
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of India | [2] | |
2 |
Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980) |
Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kanti Desai |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ajit Singh | 35th
Union Minister for Civil Aviation 27th Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare 27th Union Minister for Commerce and Industry |
||
2 | Satyawati Solanki | |||
3 | Gyanwati Singh | |||
4 | Vedwati Singh | |||
5 | Sharda Singh |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Priyanka Gandhi (1972–) |
General Secretary of the Indian National Congress | ||
2 |
Rahul Gandhi (1970–) |
Member of Parliament of the Republic of India | [2] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ajeya Pratap Singh | [3] | ||
2 | Abhay Pratap Singh | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Pratapgarh |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Neeraj Shekhar |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from
Uttar Pradesh Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ballia |
||
2 | Pankaj Shekhar |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P. V. Ranga Rao | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh | [4] | |
2 | Jaya Nandan | |||
3 | Saraswathi | |||
4 | P. V. Rajeshwar Rao | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Secunderabad | [5] | |
5 | P. V. Prabhakar Rao | |||
6 | Sharada Vedanta Krishna Rao | |||
7 | Vani Dayakar Rao | |||
8 | Vijaya Prasad |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Former Chief Minister of Karnataka | ||
2 | H. D. Revanna | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | ||
3 | H. D. Balakrishna | |||
4 | H. D. Ramesh | |||
5 | H. D. Anasuya | |||
6 | H. D. Shailaja |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Naresh Gujral | Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Punjab | [6] [7] | |
2 | Vishal Gujral | Settled in Los Angeles | [8] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Namita Kaul Bhattacharya | Atal Bihari Vajpayee had no biological children. He raised Namita Kaul Bhattacharya as his adoptive daughter. | [9] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daman Singh | Indian writer | [10] | |
2 | Upinder Singh | former head, University of Delhi (History Department). | [11] | |
3 | Amrit Singh |
Narendra Modi has no biological children.
The children of prime ministers of India have been the subject of widespread public attention. There are 41 children of former prime ministers of India.[ citation needed]
Several of the children of former prime ministers have entered politics. Two have become prime ministers themselves, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
P. V. Narasimha Rao had 8 children, the most of any prime minister. Two prime ministers - Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi - have had no biological children. However, Vajpayee had an adoptive daughter while Modi has raised a Nepalese boy. [1]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) |
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of India | [2] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kusum Shastri | |||
2 | Hari Krishna Shastri | Former Union Minister, Government of India | ||
3 | Suman Shastri | |||
4 | Anil Shastri | Former Union Minister, Government of India | ||
5 | Sunil Shastri | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | ||
6 | Ashok Shastri |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) |
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of India | [2] | |
2 |
Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980) |
Former Member of Parliament of the Republic of India |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kanti Desai |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ajit Singh | 35th
Union Minister for Civil Aviation 27th Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare 27th Union Minister for Commerce and Industry |
||
2 | Satyawati Solanki | |||
3 | Gyanwati Singh | |||
4 | Vedwati Singh | |||
5 | Sharda Singh |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Priyanka Gandhi (1972–) |
General Secretary of the Indian National Congress | ||
2 |
Rahul Gandhi (1970–) |
Member of Parliament of the Republic of India | [2] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ajeya Pratap Singh | [3] | ||
2 | Abhay Pratap Singh | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Pratapgarh |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Neeraj Shekhar |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from
Uttar Pradesh Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ballia |
||
2 | Pankaj Shekhar |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | P. V. Ranga Rao | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh | [4] | |
2 | Jaya Nandan | |||
3 | Saraswathi | |||
4 | P. V. Rajeshwar Rao | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Secunderabad | [5] | |
5 | P. V. Prabhakar Rao | |||
6 | Sharada Vedanta Krishna Rao | |||
7 | Vani Dayakar Rao | |||
8 | Vijaya Prasad |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Former Chief Minister of Karnataka | ||
2 | H. D. Revanna | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | ||
3 | H. D. Balakrishna | |||
4 | H. D. Ramesh | |||
5 | H. D. Anasuya | |||
6 | H. D. Shailaja |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Naresh Gujral | Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Punjab | [6] [7] | |
2 | Vishal Gujral | Settled in Los Angeles | [8] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Namita Kaul Bhattacharya | Atal Bihari Vajpayee had no biological children. He raised Namita Kaul Bhattacharya as his adoptive daughter. | [9] |
No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daman Singh | Indian writer | [10] | |
2 | Upinder Singh | former head, University of Delhi (History Department). | [11] | |
3 | Amrit Singh |
Narendra Modi has no biological children.