This is a partial listing of prominent political families of India.
However Royal families (who inherit their position automatically) are not included, unless certain later descendants have played political roles in a republican structure.
Read more about Political Families Of India: Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Orissa, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Others
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