| | 1 | ''''1991: Key Events''' |
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| | 3 | * Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by suspected LTTE terrorists. A rising foreign debt and other dysfunctions inaugurate a policy of economic reform encouraging foreign investment. |
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| | 5 | * The USSR disintegrates. |
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| | 7 | * India conducts the last census of the century, announcing a popula- tion of 844 million. |
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| | 9 | * The Doordarshan Director General, Shiv Sharma, is assassinated by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
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| | 11 | * Punjab is declared a ‘disturbed area’, followed by Assam. |
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| | 13 | * The 10th Lok Sabha elections take place with 200 million registered voters. The Congress emerges as the largest party and P.V. Narasimha Rao is sworn in as Prime Minister. |
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| | 15 | * The first-ever BJP ministry takes over in U.P and acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
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| | 17 | * Parliament passes the notorious Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) (TADA) Bill. |
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| | 19 | * The Parliamentary ‘Question Hour’ is telecast for the first time. |