1990 in India

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
Vice President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma
Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak until 25 September, Ranganath Misra

Governors

Andhra Pradesh – Kumud Ben Joshi, Krishan Kant
Arunachal Pradesh –
* until 16 March: R. D. Pradhan
* 16 March-8 May: Raja Gopal Singh
* starting 8 May: Devi Das Thakur
Assam – Anisetti Raghuvir, Devi Das Thakur
Bihar –
* until 2 February: Jagannath Pahadia
* 2 February-16 February: G.G. Sohoni
* starting 16 February: Mohammad Saleem
Goa – Khurshed Alam Khan
Gujarat –
* until 2 May: Ram Krishna Trivedi
* 2 May-21 December: Mahipal Shastri
* starting 21 December: Sarup Singh
Haryana – Hari Anand Barari, Dhanik Lal Mandal
Himachal Pradesh –
* until 12 January: R. K. S. Ghandhi
* 16 February-20 December: B. Rachaiah
* starting 20 December: Virendra Verma
Jammu and Kashmir –
* until 19 January: K. V. Krishna Rao
* 19 January-26 May: Jagmohan Malhotra
* starting 26 May: Girish Chandra Saxena
Karnataka – Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah, Bhanu Pratap Singh
Kerala –
* until 12 February: Ram Dulari Sinha
* 12 February-20 December: Sarup Singh
* starting 20 December: B. Rachaiah
Madhya Pradesh – Sarla Grewal, M. A. Khan
Maharashtra – Ram Dulari Sinha, C. Subramaniam
Manipur – Chintamani Panigrahi
Meghalaya – A. A. Rahim, Madhukar Dighe
Mizoram – W. A. Sangma, Swaraj Kaushal
Nagaland – Gopal Singh, M. M. Thomas
Odisha – Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Yagya Dutt Sharma
Punjab, India|Punjab] –
* until 14 June: Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee
* 14 June-18 December: Virendra Verma
* starting 18 December: Om Prakash Malhotra
Rajasthan –
* until 3 February: Sukhdev Prasad
* 3 February-14 February: Milap Chand Jain
* starting 14 February: Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Sikkim – S.K. Bhatnagar, Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
Tamil Nadu – P. C. Alexander, Surjit Singh Barnala
Tripura – Sultan Singh, K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif, B. Satya Narayan Reddy
West Bengal – T. V. Rajeswar, Saiyid Nurul Hasan

Events

National income - 5,761,092 million
19 January – An insurgency breaks out in Kashmir Valley which leads to Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, inflaming tensions with Pakistan. New Delhi dissolves the state assembly and imposes direct rule.
14 February – Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes near the HAL Airport in Bangalore.
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|Andhra Pradesh cyclone] ravages southern India, killing nearly 1,000 people.
30 May - Communists brutally raped and killed two workers of UNICEF at Bantala rape case|Bantala], West Bengal for whistle blowing against corruption.
August- V P Singh announces implementation of Mandal commission report.
19 September - Rajiv Goswami, a commerce student in Deshbandhu College attempted Self-immolation as part of Mandal Commission protests of 1990.
25 September - Ram Rath Yatra commenced from Somnath.
23 October - Government of Bihar arrest L. K. Advani at Samastipur during rath yatra.
30 October - Ayodhya firing incident on Kar sevaks.
November – V.P. Singh resigns as prime minister and is succeeded by Janata Dal dissident Chandra Shekhar.
22 December – S. Venkitaramanan becomes Governor of RBI

Births

1 January – Ali Murtaza, cricketer.
10 January – Aishwarya Rajesh, actress.
5 February – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, cricketer.
20 February – Hiphop Tamizha, actor, music director and singer.
9 March - Arif Khan, Alpine skier.
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.
23 July – Yuzvendra Chahal, cricketer.
27 July – Kriti Sanon, actress.
3 September – Mohammed Shami, cricketer.
6 September – Aishwarya Lekshmi, actress.
14 September – Suryakumar Yadav, cricketer.
13 October – Pooja Hegde, actress.
16 October – Anirudh Ravichander, music composer and singer.
14 November – Pugazh (actor), actor and comedian.
16 November – Tejasvi Surya, Lok Sabha M.P.
30 November – Rashi Khanna, actress.
11 December – Vinayakan, actor, playback singer, and composer.
13 December – Regina Cassandra, actress and model.

Deaths

14 January – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist.
19 January – Rajneesh, aka OSHO mystic, guru and spiritual leader
29 March – Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer.
30 April - Angami Zapu Phizo, Naga separatist leader
1 June - Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
7 July - Laldenga, Mizo Nationalist leader.
30 September – Shankar Nag, actor and director.
21 October – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist.
30 October – Vinod Mehra, actor.
25 December – Chandrakant T. Patel, cotton scientist.