1991 in India

Events in the year 1991 in the Republic of India.

The year 1991 was a watershed moment in the history of Economy of India. It was the year in which India formally announced its shift towards Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization from hitherto existed Mixed economy that was predominantly a Planned economy.

Incumbents

President of India – R. Venkataraman
Prime Minister of India – Chandra Shekhar Singh until 21 June, P. V. Narasimha Rao
Vice President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma
Chief Justice of India –
until 24 November – Ranganath Misra
25 November-12 December – Kamal Narain Singh
starting 13 December – Madhukar Hiralal Kania

=Governors=

Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant
Arunachal Pradesh –
until 16 March: Devi Das Thakur
16 March-25 March: Loknath Mishra
starting 25 March: Surendranath Dwivedy
Assam – Devi Das Thakur (until 17 March), Loknath Mishra (starting 17 March)
Bihar –
until 13 February: Mohammad Saleem
14 February-18 March: B. Satya Narayan Reddy
starting 18 March: Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Goa – Khurshed Alam Khan (until 17 March), Bhanu Prakash Singh (starting 18 March)
Gujarat – Sarup Singh
Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal
Himachal Pradesh – Virendra Verma
Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena
Karnataka – Bhanu Pratap Singh
Kerala – B. Rachaiah
Madhya Pradesh – M. A. Khan
Maharashtra – C. Subramaniam
Manipur – Chintamani Panigrahi
Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe (starting 8 May)
Mizoram – Swaraj Kaushal
Nagaland – M. M. Thomas
Odisha – Yagya Dutt Sharma
Punjab – Om Prakash Malhotra (until 7 August), Surendra Nath (starting 7 August)
Rajasthan – Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (until 26 August), Sarup Singh (starting 26 August)
Sikkim – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
Tamil Nadu – Surjit Singh Barnala (until 14 February), Bhishma Narain Singh (starting 14 February)
Tripura – K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Uttar Pradesh – B. Satya Narayan Reddy
West Bengal – Saiyid Nurul Hasan

Events

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National income - {{INR}}6,622,605 million
1 January - Minister of Civil Aviation Harmohan Dhawan declares Thiruvananthapuram Airport as International airport.
6 January – The All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers is founded in Udaipur.
21 May – Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur near Chennai in Tamil Nadu during the election campaign.
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.
15 June – When the general election results are all compiled, the Congress Party has won a plurality of votes.
21 June – Indian National Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister.
24 June – J. Jayalalithaa is sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.
24 July – The government of India announces its New Industrial Policy, marking the start of India's economic reforms.
6 August - Tsundur massacre of Dalits in Andhra Pradesh.
17 October – 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.[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]
20 October – The 6.8 {{M|w}} Uttarkashi earthquake shook northern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 768–2,000 and injuring 1,383–1,800.
11 December – Rapid Action Force established by Union Home Ministry.
12 December - Anti Tamil riots in South Karnataka

Births

11 January - Shweta Basu Prasad, actress.
26 January – Vijay Shankar, cricketer.
16 February – Mayank Agarwal, cricketer.
11 March – Poonam Pandey, model.
24 March – Krunal Pandya, cricketer.
7 May – Gaurav Chaudhary, YouTuber{{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}}
29 June – D. Karthika Anagha, Carnatic classical vocalist.
15 July – Rajisha Vijayan, actress.
File:Kiara Advani snapped at the screening of Shershaah (cropped).jpg]]31 July {{ndash}} Kiara Advani, actress.
File:Hansika Motwani celebrates her birthday at Arth Bar (06) (cropped).jpg]]9 August – Hansika Motwani, actress.
5 September – Honey Rose, actress.
27 September – Amzad Ali, cricketer.
16 October – Shardul Thakur, cricketer.
18 October – Jaydev Unadkat, cricketer.
26 October – Amala Paul, actress.
File:Photos-Celebrities-snapped-attending-the-press-conference-of-Das-Ka-Dhamki-5_(cropped).jpg]]30 November – Nivetha Pethuraj, actress.
File:Karun nair With Rashid Zirak.jpg]]6 December – Karun Nair, Indian cricketer.

Deaths

21 February – Nutan, Bollywood actress
15 May – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (born 1901)
File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg]]21 May – Rajiv Gandhi, prime minister (1984–1989), Bharat Ratna (1991) (born 1944)
24 October – Ismat Chughtai, writer (born 1915)