June 15 - When the general election results are all compiled, the Congress Party has won a plurality of votes.
June 21 - Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister. He faces the daunting tasks of restoring national unity and overhauling the troubled economy. India launches sweeping economic reforms by opening up trade and industry and dismantles decades of socialist control.
June 24 - J. Jayalalithaa is sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.
