Political families of Punjab, India

The list of members of political families of Punjab, India

Royal Family of Patiala

Mohinder Kaur, former member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
- Capt. Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Preneet Kaur, wife of Amarinder Singh; former minister of state in the External Affairs Ministry, former Member of Parliament
  - Raninder Singh, son of Amarinder Singh and Preneet Kaur; contested Lok Sabha election from Bathinda in 2009 and Assembly election from Samana (Punjab) in 2012

Partap Singh Kairon (freedom fighter), (revolutionary), and former Chief Minister of Punjab
- Surinder Singh Kairon MP
  - Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon, former Cabinet minister Government of Punjab
- Gurinder Singh Kairon Congress leader

Chaudhari Rajaram Jakhar, jaildar from Panchkoshi, Abohar, Fazilka, Punjab
- Balram Jakhar, 2 times MLA and leader of opposition, MP Ferozepur 1980, Speaker of Lok Sabha. Governor of Madhya Pradesh
  - Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, MLA and Minister
    - Sunil Kumar Jakhar, 3 times MLA, leader of opposition, Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur. Former chief of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

Late Satnam Singh Bajwa, former Minister in Government of Punjab
- Partap Singh Bajwa, son of Satnam Singh Bajwa; Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur Loksabha constituency and Rajya Sabha, former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
- Fateh Jung Bajwa, son of Satnam Singh Bajwa; MLA
- Charanjit Kaur Bajwa, wife of Partap Singh Bajwa; former MLA

Late Harcharan Singh Brar, former Chief Minister of Punjab, former Minister of irrigation, power and health department, Governor of Orissa and Haryana, five-time MLA
Gurbinder Kaur Brar, wife of Harcharan Singh Brar; former Leader of the opposition, former Member of Parliament, former Minister of State
- Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar, son of Harcharan Singh Brar; Vice president Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, former MLA, former Youth Congress Chief of Punjab
- Karan Kaur Brar, daughter in law of Harcharan Singh Brar; former MLA

Late Master Gurbanta Singh, former Agriculture Minister of Punjab
- Late Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, former Cabinet Minister and MLA
  - Chaudhary Surinder Singh, former MLA Kartarpur
Santokh Singh Chaudhary Member of Parliament from Jalandhar and former Cabinet Minister of Punjab
- Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, MLA Phillaur and former Chief of Punjab Youth Congress

Harbans Lal Gupta, Freedom fighter; founding member, Praja Mandal Movement; former Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly (1964–67); Member of Legislative Assembly of (Congress) from Bathinda (1952–62) and Minister of State in Government of Punjab (1952–57)[1]
- Anupam Gupta, special prosecutor, Central Bureau of Investigation; senior standing council for U.T Chandigarh; lawyer of the Liberhan Commission on the destruction of the Babri Masjid

Surat Singh, zamindar and military officer in the Khalsa Army[2]In 1877, he was awarded the title of Raja and made a Companion of the Star of India.

- Umrao Singh, aristocrat and a scholar in Sanskrit and Persian and Father of Amrita Sher-Gil

- Sundar Singh Majithia, landowner and politician. He was a member of Khalsa Nationalist Party and Revenue Member at the first and second legislative councils of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The first president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

- - Wing Commander Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia, Indian politician, diplomat, and air force officer. Son of Sundar Singh Majithia

- - - Satyajit Singh Majithia, educationist, industrialist, philanthropist, and Chancellor of Khalsa University. Son of Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia, former Deputy Defence Minister

- - - - Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries. Daughter of Satyajit Singh Majithia

- - - - Bikram Singh Majithia, a former cabinet minister in the Punjab Government. Son of Satyajit Singh Majithia

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