| 7- September-1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
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| 7- September-1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 13- September-1996 | Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 16- September-1996 | J & K second phase poll for 34 seats. |
| 18- September-1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat . |
| 19- September-1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed. |
| 20- September-1996 | Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress. |
| 21- September-1996 | Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again. |
| 21- September-1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
| 23- September-1996 | Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I). |
| 26- September-1996 | Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966. |
| 30- September-1996 | Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. |