1990 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1990 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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- March – The last Indian troops are withdrawn from Sri Lanka.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[edit]
- 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
Maharashtra.
- 10 October – Rakul Preet Singh, Actress.
- 13 October – Pooja Hegde, Actress.
- 30 November – Rashi Khanna, Actress.
Deaths[edit]
- 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).