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India in 1996

Historical records for India in 1996, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
3Named people
1Places
1Categories

Historical records

May

16 May 1996First Vajpayee GovernmentAtal Bihari Vajpayee

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister for the first time but resigns after thirteen days.

June

1 June 1996Death of Neelam ReddyNeelam Sanjiva Reddy

Government / Government of India

Former President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy dies.

1 June 1996Prime Minister of IndiaH. D. Deve Gowda

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

H.D. Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister at the head of the United Front coalition.

Names involved

Atal Bihari VajpayeeH. D. Deve GowdaNeelam Sanjiva Reddy

Places involved

New Delhi

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.