Politicians Who Lost Life Due to Road And Air Accidents
Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on January 28 died in a tragic plane crash near his constituency, Baramati. He was was travelling to Baramati from Mumbai to address public meetings.
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Vijay Rupani
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani was among the 241 people who died aboard Air India Flight 171, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabads Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, 2025.
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Gopinath Munde
Former Union Minister of Rural Development, Gopinath Munde, died in a road accident in Delhi in 2014.
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YSR Reddy
YS Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, was the Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh when he died in a Bell 430 chopper crash in a forest while heading to the Chittoor district on September 2, 2009.
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Dorjee Khandu
Dorjee Khandu, then Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, died in a helicopter crash on April 30, 2011, in West Kameng district, en route from Tawang to Itanagar..
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Sanjay Gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of Indira Gandhi, was killed on 23 June 1980 when the light aircraft he was flying crashed after departing from Safdarjung Airport in Delhi.
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Madhavrao Scindia
Madhavrao Scindia, a senior Congress leader and Union Minister, died in a Beechcraft C90 aircraft crash on September 30, 2001 while flying to Kanpur for a rally.
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Om Prakash Jindal
Industrialist-turned-politician Om Prakash Jindal, former Haryana’s Power Minister, along with Surender Singh, the state’s Agriculture Minister, died in a King Cobra helicopter crash on March 3, 2005, near Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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