1991 in India

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May 21 - The nation is shocked as former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber in southern India during the election campaign.
May 31 - 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.
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.
June 24 - J. Jayalalithaa is sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.
December 11 - Rapid Action Force established by Union Home Ministry.