From Ajit Pawar to former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, here are some of the prominent leaders who died in air crash. File pic
Balwantrai G Mehta
Balwant mehta served as the 2nd CM of Gujarat. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Mehta flew in a Beechcraft commuter aircraft. The plane was shot down by the Pakistan Air Force. (Pic/Wikipedia
Gurnam Singh
Gurnam Singh, Punjab’s sixth chief minister (March 8 –November 25, 1967), died in a plane crash in Delhi on 31 May 1973 (Pic/Wikipedia)
Sanjay Gandhi
Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Gandhi, younger son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, died on June 23, 1980, when his aircraft crashed in New Delhi’s Diplomatic Enclave after he lost control during an aerobatic maneuver (File pic)
Madhavrao Scindia
Madhavrao Scindia, a minister in the Government of India, died at the age of 56 in a plane crash in Motta village, on the outskirts of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh (File pic)
GMC Balayogi
GMC Balayogi, elected to the 10th Lok Sabha on a Telugu Desam Party ticket, died on March 3, 2002, when the Bell 206 helicopter he was travelling in crashed in Kaikalur, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh (Pic/Wikipedia)
OP Jindal
Congress leader Om Prakash (OP) Jindal, founder of the Jindal Group, died on March 31, 2005, when his helicopter crashed, cutting short the life of the 74-year-old industrialist and politician (Pic/Wikipedia)
YS Rajasekhara Reddy
YS Rajasekhara Reddy, also known as YSR, was serving as the 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh when his helicopter crashed on September 2, 2009, in Rudrakonda Hills in the state (Pic/YSR Congress Party)
Dorjee Khandu
Dorjee Khandu, who was serving as the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, died in a helicopter crash in April 2011 (Pic/Wikipedia)
Vijay Rupani
Vijay Rupani, who served as Gujarat Chief Minister from August 5, 2016, to September 11, 2021, was among the 241 people who died when an Air India plane crashed into a hostel in Ahmedabad (Pic/File pic)
Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28, 2026. The business jet carrying Pawar and four others crashed shortly after taking off from Mumbai. (Pic/File pic)
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