List of assassinations in Asia
This is a list of assassinations which took place on the continent of Asia.
For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious or political reasons.
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| Date | Victim | Assassin | Notes |
| 682 BC | Ripunjaya, last ruler of the Brihadratha dynasty. | Punika | Punika puts his son Pradyota on the throne. |
| 185 BC | Brihadratha Maurya, last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty | Pushyamitra Shunga | Pushyamitra founds the Shunga Empire. |
| June 1070 | Athirajendra, Raja of the Chola Empire | Vaishnava rebellion | Athirajendra was killed by a Vaishnava uprising. He was succeeded by Kulottunga I. |
| 19 July 1296 | Jalal-ud-din Khalji, first Sultan of the Tughluq dynasty. | Alauddin Khalji | Alauddin succeeded Jalal-ud-din to become the next Sultan of Delhi. |
| 30 January 1528 | Rana Sanga, Rana of Mewar | Mewar nobles | After the Rajput defeat at Khanwa in 1527, Rana Sanga made plans to attack the Mughals, but was poisoned by his nobles before the plan could be executed as they did not wish to fight another war with Babur. |
| 12 August 1602 | Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar | Vir Singh Deo | Killed in a plot orchestrated by Prince Salim, because Abu'l-Fazl opposed Salim's accession to the throne |
| 1716 | Chakdor Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim | A doctor hired by Pende Ongmu | Killed in an attempted usurpation by Chakdor's half-sister Pende Ongmu |
| 8 February 1872 | Earl of Mayo (Richard Bourke), Viceroy of India | Sher Ali Afridi | Stabbed while inspecting prisons in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 30 January 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, independence leader and key proponent of non-violence | Nathuram Godse | See Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 6 February 1965 | Partap Singh Kairon, Chief Minister of Punjab | Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji' | See Partap Singh Kairon |
| 3 January 1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, Union Minister for Railways | Santoshanand, Sudevanand and Gopalji, Ranjan Dwivedi | See Lalit Narayan Mishra |
| 31 October 1984 | Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India | Satwant Singh and Beant Singh | Shot by Sikh bodyguards in retaliation for Operation Blue Star. See Assassination of Indira Gandhi. |
| 10 August 1986 | Arun Shridhar Vaidya, Chief of the Army Staff and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces | Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Harjinder Singh Jinda | |
| 8 March 1988 | Amar Singh Chamkila, controversial Punjabi singer/songwriter | ||
| 27 April 1991 | Malkiat Singh Sidnu, Minister of State and former planning minister of Punjab | Unknown | Shot outside his home. He had survived an assassination attempt in Canada 5 years prior. |
| 21 May 1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India | Thenmuli Rajaratnam | Killed in an explosion triggered by a [Liberation Tigers of Tamil people|Tamil Eelam|LTTE] suicide bomber. First politician to be killed by a suicide bomber. See Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 19 March 1994 | Thakur Ji Pathak, former National General Secretary of the Janata Dal | Criminal gangs | Shot dead while he was going to court by some antisocial youths. |
| 31 August 1995 | Beant Singh, chief minister of Punjab | Dilawar Singh Babbar | |
| 12 August 1997 | Gulshan Kumar, T-Series founder and Bollywood music producer | Abu Salem and Fazlur Rahman | A Mumbai underworld organisation called D-Company is considered to have been responsible for this assassination. |
| 25 July 2001 | Phoolan Devi, bandit queen turned Member of the Lok Sabha | Sher Singh Rana | |
| 21 May 2002 | Abdul Ghani Lone, moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader | possibly killed by Pakistani intelligence services. | |
| 22 April 2006 | Pramod Mahajan, former Minister of Defence, Parliamentary Affairs and Communications and Information Technology | Pravin Mahajan, his brother | |
| 29 May 2022 | Sidhu Moosewala, Punjabi singer/songwriter turned politician | Shot dead while he was travelling in his Mahindra Thar | |
| 9 January 2023 | Naba Das, Odisha State Minister of Health and Family Welfare | ||
| 15 April 2023 | Atique Ahmed, former Member of the Lok Sabha | Shot dead along with his brother on live television |