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.