January – A corruption scandal erupts that alleged many senior politicians and civil servants to have received bribes from prominent businessman Surendra Jain.
January – Tensions with Pakistan rise sharply and there is an exchange of mortar and machine-gun fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir.
1 June – Deve Gowda is sworn in as the head of the United Front, a coalition of 13 parties which Congress supported but did not join. Gowda's new cabinet brings in powerful regional figures, mixing low-caste and Muslim leaders with veterans of the socialist movement.
28 August – At least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms in the Amarnath Yatra tragedy.
19 September – The government of Gujarat under Chief Minister Suresh Mehta is sacked on recommendation of Prime Minister Gowda, and federal rule is imposed over the state. The move comes a day after the BJP government in Gujarat won a controversial vote of confidence in the state legislature. Mehta won the vote after the acting assembly speaker (a BJP member) suspended all opposition legislators. Fighting broke out on the floor of the assembly after marshals tried to force the suspended legislators to leave. Witnesses said lawmakers hurled pin cushions and microphones at each other. Several lawmakers and journalists were reportedly injured in the scuffles.[citation needed]
22 September – Rao resigns as president of the Congress Party.
23 September – Sitaram Kesri is elected Congress president.
4 October – Palakkad districtCollector W.R. Reddy IAS kept in hostage by members of Ayyankali Pada in district collectorate as a protest to Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction of Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act.[3][4][5]
10 October – Rao is arrested on fresh charges of forgery.
11 October – An Uttar Pradesh state election returns a hung assembly; the local power struggle sharpens conflicts between Congress and coalition parties at national level.
7 November – A devastating Category 4Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95% of the crops are completely destroyed.
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