What was the world like in 1991?
India's #1 song of the year was Dekha Hai Pehli Baar from Saajan, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1991.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991.
Justify My Love · Madonna
Love Will Never Do (Without You) · Janet Jackson
The First Time · Surface
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) · C+C Music Factory
All The Man That I Need · Whitney Houston
Someday · Mariah Carey
One More Try · Timmy T.
Coming Out Of The Dark · Gloria Estefan
I've Been Thinking About You · Londonbeat
You're In Love · Wilson Phillips
Baby Baby · Amy Grant
Joyride · Roxette
I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) · Hi-Five
I Don't Wanna Cry · Mariah Carey
More Than Words · Extreme
Rush Rush · Paula Abdul
Unbelievable · EMF
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You · Bryan Adams
The Promise Of A New Day · Paula Abdul
I Adore Mi Amor · Color Me Badd
Good Vibrations · Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch Featuring Loleatta Holloway
Emotions · Mariah Carey
Romantic · Karyn White
Cream · Prince And The N.P.G.
When A Man Loves A Woman · Michael Bolton
Set Adrift On Memory Bliss · P.M. Dawn
Black Or White · Michael Jackson
It happened in 1991.
The World Wide Web goes public
If you were born in 1991, none of this existed.
The first text message is sent: Merry Christmas
Sushmita Sen is crowned India's first Miss Universe
Aishwarya Rai is crowned Miss World
India's first mobile phone call is made
The internet opens to the public in India
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge releases
The first Harry Potter book is published
Google is founded
And 23 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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