See also: 1990 in India, other events of 1991, 1992 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.


May 21

The nation is shocked as former prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi, who sent troops to Sri Lanka in 1987, is assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber in southern India during the election campaign.

June 15

When the general election results are all compiled, the Congress Party has won a plurality of votes.

June 21

Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao becomes prime minister. He faces the daunting tasks of restoring national unity and overhauling the troubled economy. India launches sweeping economic reforms by opening up trade and industry and dismantles decades of socialist control.