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{{Year in India|1991}}<br />
Events in the year '''1991 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Chandra Shekhar Singh]] until 21 June, [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – <br />
** until 24 November – [[Ranganath Misra]] <br />
** 25 November-12 December – [[Kamal Narain Singh]]<br />
** starting 13 December – [[Madhukar Hiralal Kania]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Krishan Kant]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] – <br />
** until 16 March: [[Devi Das Thakur]] <br />
** 16 March-25 March: [[Loknath Mishra]]<br />
** starting 25 March: [[Surendranath Dwivedy]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Devi Das Thakur]] (until 17 March), [[Loknath Mishra]] (starting 17 March)<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – <br />
** until 13 February: [[Mohammad Yunus Saleem|Mohammad Saleem]] <br />
** 14 February-18 March: [[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]]<br />
** starting 18 March: [[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] – [[Khurshed Alam Khan]] (until 17 March), [[Bhanu Prakash Singh]] (starting 18 March)<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] – [[Sarup Singh]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] – [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] – [[Virendra Verma]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] – [[Girish Chandra Saxena]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Bhanu Pratap Singh]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[B. Rachaiah]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[M. A. Khan]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[C. Subramaniam]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] – [[Chintamani Panigrahi]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] – [[Madhukar Dighe]] (starting 8 May)<br />
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] – [[Swaraj Kaushal]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] – [[M. M. Thomas]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)|Yagya Dutt Sharma]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Om Prakash Malhotra]] (until 7 August), [[Surendra Nath]] (starting 7 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya]] (until 26 August), [[Sarup Singh]] (starting 26 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] – [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] – [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] (until 14 February), [[Bhishma Narain Singh]] (starting 14 February)<br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] – [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
[[File:Rajiv Gandhi Memorial bombsite.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]: The stone mosaic that stands at the exact location where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in [[Sriperumbudur]]]]<br />
* National income - {{INR}}6,622,605 million<br />
* 1 January - [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]] [[Harmohan Dhawan]] declares [[Thiruvananthapuram International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram Airport]] as [[International airport]].<br />
* 6 January – The [[All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers]] is founded in [[Udaipur]].<br />
* 21 May – [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]: Former [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]] is [[assassination|assassinated]] by a [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] [[suicide bomber]] in [[Sriperumbudur]] near [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] during the election campaign.<br />
* 31 May – The [[Government of India]] constitutes the [[Company Law Board]] as an independent quasi-judicial body thus giving up direct control on matters of company law.<br />
* 15 June – When the general election results are all compiled, the Congress Party has won a plurality of votes.<br />
* 21 June – [[Indian National Congress]] leader [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] becomes [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]].<br />
* 24 June – [[J. Jayalalithaa]] is sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.<br />
* 24 July – The government of India announces its [[Economic liberalisation in India|New Industrial Policy]], marking the start of India's economic reforms.<br />
* 17 October – [[1991 Rudrapur bombings]] by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a [[Ramlila]] [[Hindu]] celebration in [[Rudrapur, Uttarakhand]], killing 41 people.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/18/world/2-bombs-kill-41-and-injure-140-in-india.html 2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India during Ramlila][https://www.calendar-365.com/1991-calendar.html]</ref><br />
* 20 October – The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[1991 Uttarkashi earthquake|Uttarkashi earthquake]] shook northern India with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), killing 768–2,000 and injuring 1,383–1,800.<br />
* 11 December – [[Rapid Action Force]] established by Union Home Ministry.<br />
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==Law==<br />
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==Births==<br />
*26 January – [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]], cricketer<br />
* 16 February – [[Mayank Agarwal]], cricketer<br />
* 24 March – [[Krunal Pandya]], cricketer<br />
* 7 May – [[Gaurav Chaudhary]], Youtuber<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jain|first=Ananya|date=5 August 2020|title=Technical Guruji Biography : Here's Everything You Need To Know About Gaurav Chaudhary|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/technical-guruji-biography-519651.html|access-date=23 January 2021|work=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
*29 June – [[D. Karthika Anagha]], Carnatic classical vocalist<br />
* [[File:Hansika Motwani celebrates her birthday at Arth Bar (06) (cropped).jpg|thumb|125x125px|[[Hansika Motwani]]]]9 August – [[Hansika Motwani]], actress<br />
* 27 September – [[Amzad Ali]], cricketer<br />
* 16 October – [[Shardul Thakur]], cricketer<br />
* 26 October – [[Amala Paul]], actress<br />
*[[File:Karun nair With Rashid Zirak.jpg|thumb|207x207px|[[Karun Nair]]]]6 December – [[Karun Nair]], Indian cricketer<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* [[File:Nutan Hindi Movie Actress (14).jpg|thumb|161x161px|[[Nutan]]]]21 February – [[Nutan]], Bollywood actress<br />
*15 May – [[Kalindi Charan Panigrahi]], poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (born 1901)<br />
*[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]]]21 May – [[Rajiv Gandhi]], prime minister (1984–1989), Bharat Ratna (1991) (born 1944)<br />
*24 October – [[Ismat Chughtai]], writer (born 1915)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1991]]<br />
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