|
21
May 1991
|
Rajiv
Gandhi assassinated by LTTE |
|
Sep
1991
|
Konkan
Railway launched |
|
6 Dec
1992
|
Demolition
of Babri Masjid |
|
March
1993
|
Over
300 people killed in bomb blasts |
|
30
Sep 1993
|
The
Latur earthquake |
|
21
Sep 1994
|
Outbreak of Pneumonic Plague in Surat |
|
July
1995
|
Rajan
Pillai dies in Delhi jail |
|
27
Jan 1996
|
Prithvi
test-fired |
|
29
Feb 1996
|
Jain
Hawala case |
|
27
April-21 May'96
|
Eleventh
General Election; BJP's Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister |
|
21
April 1997
|
I.K.Gujral
appointed Prime Minister |
|
15
Aug 1997
|
Nation celebrates 50 years of Independence |
|
5 Sep
1997
|
Mother
Teresa dies |
|
27
Nov 1997
|
Femina
Miss India Diana Hayden wins Miss World 1997 |
|
29
Dec 1997
|
Sonia
Gandhi stepped into active politics |
|
14
Jan 1998
|
MS
Subbualakshmi awarded Bharat Ratna |
|
19
Mar 1998
|
BJP-led
alliance government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister
of India |
|
28
Mar 1998
|
The
BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust, with the support of Chandrababu
Naidu's Telugu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
|
11
May 1998
|
India
conducted three underground Nuclear tests at teh Pokhran Range in Rajasthan
|
|
9 June
1998
|
Gujarat
was hit by cyclone killing 1000 people in six days |
|
29
June 1998
|
Three
new states were announced -- Delhi, Uttaranchal and Vananchal
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