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.
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.[1]
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusum Shastri | ||||
| 2 | Hari Krishna Shastri | 21st Union Minister of State for Agriculture | |||
| 3 | Suman Shastri | ||||
| 4 | Anil Shastri | 12th Union Deputy Minister of Finance | |||
| 5 | Sunil Shastri | Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttar PradeshFormer Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |||
| 6 | Ashok Shastri |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajiv Gandhi | 6th Prime Minister of India | ||
| 2 | Sanjay Gandhi | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Amethi |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajit Singh | 35th Union Minister of Civil Aviation 27th Union Minister of Agriculture 6th Union Minister of Food Processing Industries 27th Union Minister of Industry | |||
| 2 | Satyawati Singh | ||||
| 3 | Gyanwati Singh | ||||
| 4 | Vedwati Singh | ||||
| 5 | Sharda Singh |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rahul Gandhi | Incumbent Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha | ||
| 2. | Priyanka Gandhi | Incumbent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Wayanad |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajeya Pratap Singh | Titular head of Manda Estate | [3] | ||
| 2 | Abhay Pratap Singh | Former Physician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neeraj Shekhar | Incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttar PradeshFormer 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 | P. V. Jaya Nandan Rao | ||||
| 3 | P. V. Saraswati Rao | ||||
| 4 | P. V. Rajeshwar Rao | Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Secunderabad | [5] | ||
| 5 | P. V. Prabhakar Rao | ||||
| 6 | P. V. Sharada Vedanta Krishna Rao | ||||
| 7 | Surabhi Vani Devi | Artist | |||
| 8 | P. V. Vijaya Prasad Rao |
| 1 | Namita Kaul Bhattacharya | Atal Bihari Vajpayee had no biological children. He raised Namita Kaul Bhattacharya as his adoptive daughter. | [6] |
| No. | Name | Image | Notes | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. D. Revanna | Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka | |||
| 2 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Incumbent Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Union Minister of Steel18th Chief Minister 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 | [7] [8] | ||
| 2 | Vishal Gujral | [9] |
| 1 | Upinder Singh | Dean, Ashoka University History DepartmentFormer Dean, Delhi University History Department | [10] | ||
| 2 | Daman Singh | Writer | [11] | ||
| 3 | Amrit Singh |
Narendra Modi has no biological children.