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{{Year in India|1996}}
Events in the year '''1996 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of India]] – [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] until 16 May, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] until 1 June, [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi]]

===Governors===
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] – [[Mata Prasad]]
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] –
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] –
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] –
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] –
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] –
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –

==Events==

===January to June===
*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]].
*29 January – [[S. R. Bommai]] resigns as president of the [[Janata Dal]] party and is replaced by [[Laloo Prasad Yadav]].
*27 April, 2 May and 7 May – In general elections the ruling [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] is defeated and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] becomes the largest single party in parliament. [[Phoolan Devi]], former bandit queen is elected to Parliament from the [[Samajwadi Party]].
*17 to 28 May – [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], is elected the new Prime Minister of India, replacing [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] of the [[Indian National Congress]]. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote, and is replaced by the [[United Front (India)|United Front]], led by [[Deve Gowda]].
*1 June – Deve Gowda is sworn in as the head of the [[United Front (India)|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 June – Communists join the government for the first time since independence.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

===July to December===
*11 July – A Delhi court summons Congress president [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] to testify as the co-accused in a cheating case.
*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 [[1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy|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 [[Bharatiya Janata Party|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|date=October 2016}}
*22 September – Rao resigns as president of the Congress Party.
*23 September – [[Sitaram Kesri]] is elected Congress president.
*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.
*30 October – [[Michael Jackson]] arrived in Mumbai as a part of his [[History World Tour]] and he performed for the first time ever in India in front of 66,000 fans on 1 November 1996 at [[Andheri Sports Complex]].<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/why-michael-jackson-paid-thackeray/283060</ref>
*7 November – A devastating [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 4]] [[Cyclone]] 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.
*12 NOVEMBER– A [[Saudi Arabia]]n [[Boeing 747]] jumbo jet and a [[Kazakhstan]] [[Ilyushin]] cargo plane collide near [[Charkhi Dadri]], killing 349 people in the world's deadliest mid-air collision.
*28 November – [[President of the People's Republic of China|Chinese President]] [[Jiang Zemin]] begins his three-day visit, the first visit by a Chinese head of state to India.
*19 December – Rao resigns as Congress parliamentary leader, his last official party position.
*30 December – In the Indian state of [[Assam]], a passenger train is bombed by [[Bodo people|Bodo]] separatists, killing 26.

==Births==
*6 January
** [[Kishan Shrikanth]], actor and director.
** [[Harmanpreet Singh]], hockey player
*7 January – [[Helly Shah]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Swaragini actress Swara aka Helly Shah celebrates birthday with co-actors|last=Goswami|first=Parismita|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=8 January 2016|access-date=12 December 2016|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/swaragini-actress-swara-aka-helly-shah-celebrates-birthday-co-actors-photo-662496}}</ref>
*18 February – [[Anupama Parameswaran]], actress.
*17 March -[[Rutuja Bhosale]], tennis player and [[Kanchi Singh]], actress
*11 May – [[Fanai Lalrempuia]], footballer.
*19 May – [[Lakshmi Menon (actress)|Lakshmi Menon]], actress.
*22 May – [[Akhil Rabindra]], racing driver
*27 June – [[Tanay Chheda]], actor.
*3 July – [[Jyothi Surekha Vennam]], archer.
*28 August – [[Aanchal Thakur]], competitor.
*19 September- [[Namitha Pramod]], actress
*[[File:Nikhil Khurana and Hiba Nawab at Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation 2018 awards.jpg|thumb|181x181px|[[Hiba Nawab]]]]13 November – [[Hiba Nawab]], actress

==Deaths==
*18 January – [[N. T. Rama Rao]], actor, [[film director|director]], [[Film producer|producer]], and politician (born 1923).
*3 July – [[Raaj Kumar]], actor (born 1926).
*29 July – [[Aruna Asaf Ali]], independence fighter (born 1909).

===Full date unknown===
*[[P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar]], agricultural scientist (born 1924).

== See also ==
* [[Bollywood films of 1996]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]
[[Category:1996 in Asia|India]]
[[Category:1990s in India]]

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