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Events

21 May - Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber in southern India 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.
11 December - Rapid Action Force established by Union Home Ministry.

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