1990 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1990 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – R. Venkataraman
• Prime Minister of India – V. P. Singh until 10 November, Chandra Shekhar Singh
• Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak until 25 September, Ranganath Misra

Governors

• Andhra Pradesh –
• Arunachal Pradesh –
  • until 16 March: Raja Gopal Singh
  • 16 March-8 May: Devi Das Thakur
• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Goa –
• Gujarat –
• Haryana –
• Himachal Pradesh –
• Jammu and Kashmir –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Manipur –
• Meghalaya –
• Mizoram –
• Nagaland –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Sikkim –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Tripura –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

Events

• January – An insurgency breaks out in Kashmir Valley, inflaming tensions with Pakistan. New Delhi dissolves the state assembly and imposes direct rule.
• March – The last Indian troops are withdrawn from Sri Lanka.
• 15 April – Food poisoning kills 450 guests at an engagement party in Uttar Pradesh.
• 15 May – Agriculture and Rural Debt Relief Scheme providing debt relief up to ₹ 10,000 to small borrowers from Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks announced.
• 4–10 May – Andhra Pradesh cyclone ravages southern India, killing nearly 1,000 people.
• V P Singh announces implementation of Mandal commission report.
• November – V.P. Singh resigns as prime minister and is succeeded by Janata Dal dissident Chandra Shekhar.
• 22 December – Venkitaramanan becomes Governor of RBI

Births

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  1 January – Ali Murtaza, cricketer.
• 5 February – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, cricketer.
• 12 February – Sharanya Ari, IAS officer.
• 10 March – Ritu Varma, Actress.
• 17 March – Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player.
• 17 April – Beno Zephine, first 100% visually challenged officer in the Indian Foreign Service.
• 20 April – Merin Joseph, Indian Police Service officer.
• 19 May – Siddarth Kaul, cricketer.
• 1 June - Aman Sharma, citizen of India
• 2 July – Gajanan Chukabotalwar
• 23 July – Yuzvendra Chahal, cricketer.
• 27 July - Kriti Sanon, Bollywood actress.
• 3 September – Mohammed Shami, cricketer.
• 13 September – Dr.Poorva Mansabdar- Maxillofacial surgeon from Hyderabad, India
• 29 September- Saurabh Soni
• 3 October – Mr. Shriram Rayate - Renowned Marathi Poet, Pune

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  Rakul Preet Singh

  10 October – Rakul Preet Singh, Actress.
• 13 October – Pooja Hegde, Actress.
• 30 November – Rashi Khanna, Actress.

Deaths

• 14 January – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (b. 1899).
• 19 January – Rajneesh, aka OSHO mystic, guru and spiritual leader (b. 11 December 1931)
• 29 March – Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer (b. 1927).
• 21 October – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist (b. 1921).
• 30 September – Shankar Nag, actor and director (b. 1954).
• 30 October – Vinod Mehra, actor (b. 1945).
• 25 December – Chandrakant T. Patel, cotton scientist (b. 1917).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1990

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