List of children of prime ministers of India

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. ^[1]

Jawaharlal Nehru

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)		3rd Prime Minister of India	[2]

Lal Bahadur Shastri

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Kusum Shastri
2	Hari Krishna Shastri (1938–1997)		21st Union Minister of State for Agriculture
3	Suman Shastri
4	Anil Shastri (1948–)		12th Union Deputy Minister of Finance
5	Sunil Shastri (1950–)		Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh
6	Ashok Shastri

Indira Gandhi

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)		6th Prime Minister of India	[2]
2	Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980)		Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Amethi

Morarji Desai

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Virumati Desai
2	Indu Desai
3	Kantilal Morarji Desai

Charan Singh

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Ajit Singh (1939–2021)		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

Rajiv Gandhi

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1.	Rahul Gandhi (1970–)		Incumbent Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha	[2]
2.	Priyanka Gandhi (1972–)		Incumbent Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Wayanad

V. P. Singh

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Ajeya Pratap Singh (1956–)		Titular head of Manda Estate	[3]
2	Abhay Pratap Singh		Former Physician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Chandra Shekhar

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Neeraj Shekhar (1968–)		Incumbent Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ballia
2	Pankaj Shekhar

P. V. Narasimha Rao

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	P. V. Ranga Rao (1940–2013)		Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh	[4]
2	P. V. Jayanandan Rao
3	P. V. Saraswati Rao
4	P. V. Rajeshwar Rao (1946–2016)		Former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Secunderabad	[5]
5	P. V. Prabhakar Rao
6	P. V. Sharad Vedanta Krishna Rao
7	Surabhi Vani Devi (1952–)		Artist
8	P. V. Vijaya Prasad Rao

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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.	[6]

H. D. Deve Gowda

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	H. D. Revanna (1957–)		Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Karnataka
2	H. D. Kumaraswamy (1959–)		Incumbent Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Union Minister of Steel 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
3	H. D. Balakrishna
4	H. D. Ramesh
5	H. D. Anasuya
6	H. D. Shailaja

Inder Kumar Gujral

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Naresh Gujral (1948–)		Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Punjab	[7] [8]
2	Vishal Gujral			[9]

Manmohan Singh

No.	Name	Image	Notes	References
1	Upinder Singh (1959–)		Dean, Ashoka University History Department Former Dean, Delhi University History Department	[10]
2	Daman Singh (1963–)		Writer	[11]
3	Amrit Singh

Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi has no biological children.

See also

• List of prime ministers of India
• Nehru–Gandhi family
• Spouse of the prime minister of India
• List of children of presidents of the United States

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