1989 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1989 in the Republic of India.

1989 was a very important year in the history of World and India. That was the year in which Berlin Wall was brought down and Tiananmen Square protests happened.^[1]^[2]

In India this was the year of profound importance. It was the year, from which the political discourse of India started to change, with events that heralded the rise of Hindu nationalism, Kashmir militancy, Mandal Politics, Indian cricket etc.^[3]^[4]^[5] and marked the shift from era of Single party rule to decades of Coalition governments ahead. In socio-political discourse of country, this was an year which started the shift of, sense of history in minds of people from a consesus based one that emerged post 1947 to contested one that emerged along with Ram Janmabhoomi Andolan.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Incumbents[edit]

President of India – R. Venkataraman
Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi until 2 December, V. P. Singh
Chief Justice of India –
- until 18 June – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
- 19 June – 18 December – Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah
- starting 18 December – Sabyasachi Mukharji

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

6 January - Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh who were convicted in Assassination of Indira Gandhi hanged to death in Tihar Jail.^[9]
15 January - The first Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections took place and Gorkha National Liberation Front under leadership of Subhash Ghisingh.^[10]
17 January - Indian aviation ministry announces plan for purchasing Soviet made commercial aircraft Yak 42, Tupolev Tu-204, Ilyushin Il-96 for national carriers Vayudoot, Indian Airlines and Air India respectively.^[11]^[12]
24 January - The second Mizoram Assembly After statehood came into power as a Congress (I) led government under leadership of Lal Thanhawla.^[13]
25 January - Congress (I) led government under chiefministership of S. C. Jamir came into power in Nagaland post assembly elections.^[14]
27 January - DMK alliance led National Front government came into power in Tamil Nadu by sweeping the polls and giving a major setback to Congress (I).^[15]
14 February – Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
March – Certificate of Deposit and Commercial Paper introduced to widen the monetary instruments and give investors greater flexibility.
April – Amendment to Banking, Public Financial Institution and Negotiable Instruments Laws enacted to encourage the culture of use of cheques in India. It introduced penalties for the dishonour of cheques.
April - Service Area Approach for rural lending became operational.^[16]
22 May - India's first Intermediate-range ballistic missile, Agni was successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha. It elevated India into a prestige league of only five nations in world with IRBM strategic capability. This was a landmark moment under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.^[17]
1 June - The Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa publicly announced through press that Indian Peace Keeping Force must leave the island by July 29, 1989. The IPKF withdrawal started by 1989 and ended on March 1990.^[18]
1 July – CRR raised to 15% taking statutory preemptions of banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio to over 53%.
7 November - Vishva Hindu Parishad leadership was allowed to lay foundation stone at Ayodhya dispute site. In run up to the election Rajiv Gandhi then Prime Minister gave permission to perform shilaanyaas.^[19]
Sachin Tendulkar, who made his debut in international cricket on November 15, 1989, went on to become one of the most renowned Indian cricketer around the world.
15 November – Sachin Tendulkar makes his debut in international cricket.^[20]
2 December – V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister of India after Lok Sabha elections. He came into power in a coalition led by Janata Dal as National Front with support of Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu Desam Party and left parties. Despite being an upper caste he initiated the most revolutionary and controversial step of implementing Mandal Commission in the next year^[21]
8 December – 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed an event that helped militancy in Kashmir to gather momentum. Ms. Sayeed was daughter of then Home Minister of India, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.^[22]

Births[edit]

2 April – Midhun Jith, Guinness World Record Breaker and World Kickboxing Champion
23 June - Ankita Priya Das, KRM Global, Asst. Manager - TA
2 September – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, winner Amul STAR Voice of India in 2007 (died 2008).
10 September - Manish Pandey, cricketer
21 December – Tamanna Bhatia, actress.

Deaths[edit]

2 January - Safdar Hashmi, Street theatreartist and activist was murdered by people linked with Indian National Congress.
16 January - South Indian actor Prem Nazir died.^[23]
1 March - Vasantdada Patil, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Former Governor of Rajasthan (born 1917).
Murad, actor (born 1904).
Tarkeshwar Pandey, politician (born 1910).

References[edit]

↑ Elliott, Michael (18 June 2009). "TIME's Annual Journey: 1989 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Rebec, Nicole; Wasserstrom, Jeffrey (2015), McNeill, J. R.; Pomeranz, Kenneth (eds.), "1989 as a year of great significance", The Cambridge World History: Volume 7: Production, Destruction and Connection 1750–Present, The Cambridge World History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, vol. 7, pp. 376–398, doi:10.1017/cbo9781316182789.017, ISBN 978-0-521-19964-3, retrieved 31 January 2021
↑ "Past Continuous: The Birth of the Ram Mandir Agitation, a Ticking Communal Time Bomb". thewire.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ "On this day in 1989: Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in international cricket - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Jacob, Happymon (24 December 2009). "Kashmir insurgency, 20 years after". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ 1989: The Year that Changed India | NewsClick, 24 November 2019, retrieved 30 January 2021
↑ "Explained: Milestones in the Ayodhya Ram temple journey". The Indian Express. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ "Past Continuous: The Birth of the Ram Mandir Agitation, a Ticking Communal Time Bomb". thewire.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Crossette, Barbara (6 January 1989). "India Hangs Two Sikhs Convicted In Assassination of Indira Gandhi (Published 1989)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Rattan, Kamaljeet (15 October 2013) [January 15, 1989]. "Darjeeling: Gorkha National Liberation Front wins hill council poll". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ Hazarika, Sanjoy (17 January 1989). "India Turning To Soviets For Airliners (Published 1989)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ Singh, Ramindar (15 October 2013) [January 15, 1989]. "Purchase of Tu 204 by Indian Airlines to open up huge market for Soviet aviation industry". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ Menon, Ramesh (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Rural Mizos are very poor and need all-round development: Lalthanhawla". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ Menon, Ramesh (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Nagaland Assembly elections: Congress(I) returns to power". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ Menon, Amarnath K.; Chawla, Prabhu (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Tamil Nadu elections: Karunanidhi storms back to vanquish might of Rajiv-led Congress(I)". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ "Reserve Bank of India - Master Circulars". m.rbi.org.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Amarnath K. Menon (15 June 1989). "Agni: Chariot of fire - India successfully launches its first Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile". India Today. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ Babu, B Ramesh (1998). "Indian Intervention In Sri Lanka: Anatomy of a Failure". World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues. 2 (3): 132–145. ISSN 0971-8052. JSTOR 45064546.
↑ Hasan, Zoya. "Ayodhya: How Rajiv Gandhi's plan to use the Ram temple for the Congress party came undone". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ "On this day in 1989: Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in international cricket - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
↑ Mandal, Dilip (27 November 2019). "It's a puzzle why VP Singh was never accepted by OBCs even after Mandal Commission". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ "Mufti Sayeed's dark hour: Militants released for abducted daughter". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
↑ Dileep, Lalita (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Actor-politician Prem Nazir dies". India Today. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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[1] Elliott, Michael (18 June 2009). "TIME's Annual Journey: 1989 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[2] Rebec, Nicole; Wasserstrom, Jeffrey (2015), McNeill, J. R.; Pomeranz, Kenneth (eds.), "1989 as a year of great significance", The Cambridge World History: Volume 7: Production, Destruction and Connection 1750–Present, The Cambridge World History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, vol. 7, pp. 376–398, doi:10.1017/cbo9781316182789.017, ISBN 978-0-521-19964-3, retrieved 31 January 2021

[3] "Past Continuous: The Birth of the Ram Mandir Agitation, a Ticking Communal Time Bomb". thewire.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[4] "On this day in 1989: Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in international cricket - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[5] Jacob, Happymon (24 December 2009). "Kashmir insurgency, 20 years after". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[6] 1989: The Year that Changed India | NewsClick, 24 November 2019, retrieved 30 January 2021

[7] "Explained: Milestones in the Ayodhya Ram temple journey". The Indian Express. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[8] "Past Continuous: The Birth of the Ram Mandir Agitation, a Ticking Communal Time Bomb". thewire.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[9] Crossette, Barbara (6 January 1989). "India Hangs Two Sikhs Convicted In Assassination of Indira Gandhi (Published 1989)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[10] Rattan, Kamaljeet (15 October 2013) [January 15, 1989]. "Darjeeling: Gorkha National Liberation Front wins hill council poll". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[11] Hazarika, Sanjoy (17 January 1989). "India Turning To Soviets For Airliners (Published 1989)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[12] Singh, Ramindar (15 October 2013) [January 15, 1989]. "Purchase of Tu 204 by Indian Airlines to open up huge market for Soviet aviation industry". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[13] Menon, Ramesh (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Rural Mizos are very poor and need all-round development: Lalthanhawla". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[14] Menon, Ramesh (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Nagaland Assembly elections: Congress(I) returns to power". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[15] Menon, Amarnath K.; Chawla, Prabhu (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Tamil Nadu elections: Karunanidhi storms back to vanquish might of Rajiv-led Congress(I)". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[16] "Reserve Bank of India - Master Circulars". m.rbi.org.in. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[indiatoday-17] Amarnath K. Menon (15 June 1989). "Agni: Chariot of fire - India successfully launches its first Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile". India Today. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[18] Babu, B Ramesh (1998). "Indian Intervention In Sri Lanka: Anatomy of a Failure". World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues. 2 (3): 132–145. ISSN 0971-8052. JSTOR 45064546.

[19] Hasan, Zoya. "Ayodhya: How Rajiv Gandhi's plan to use the Ram temple for the Congress party came undone". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[20] "On this day in 1989: Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in international cricket - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[21] Mandal, Dilip (27 November 2019). "It's a puzzle why VP Singh was never accepted by OBCs even after Mandal Commission". ThePrint. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[22] "Mufti Sayeed's dark hour: Militants released for abducted daughter". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[23] Dileep, Lalita (18 October 2013) [February 15, 1989]. "Actor-politician Prem Nazir dies". India Today. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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