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 (until 7 February), Krishan Kant (starting 7 February)
 * Arunachal Pradesh –
 * until 16 March: R. D. Pradhan
 * 16 March-8 May: Raja Gopal Singh
 * starting 8 May: Devi Das Thakur
 * Assam – Anisetti Raghuvir (until 2 May), Devi Das Thakur (starting 2 May)
 * 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 (until 6 February), Dhanik Lal Mandal (starting 6 February)
 * 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 (until 5 February), Bhanu Pratap Singh (starting 5 February)
 * Kerala –
 * until 12 February: Ram Dulari Sinha
 * 12 February-20 December: Sarup Singh
 * starting 20 December: B. Rachaiah
 * Madhya Pradesh – Sarla Grewal (until 5 February), M. A. Khan (starting 6 February)
 * Maharashtra – Ram Dulari Sinha (until 18 January), C. Subramaniam (starting 15 February)
 * Manipur – Chintamani Panigrahi
 * Meghalaya – A. A. Rahim (until 8 May), Madhukar Dighe (starting 8 May)
 * Mizoram – W. A. Sangma (until 7 February), Swaraj Kaushal (starting 8 February)
 * Nagaland – Gopal Singh (until 3 May), M. M. Thomas (starting 3 May)
 * Odisha – Saiyid Nurul Hasan (until 6 February), Yagya Dutt Sharma (starting 7 February)
 * 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 (until 7 February), Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (starting 7 February)
 * Tamil Nadu – P. C. Alexander (until 23 May), Surjit Singh Barnala (starting 23 May)
 * Tripura – Sultan Singh (until 11 February), K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (starting 12 February)
 * Uttar Pradesh – Mohammed Usman Arif (until 11 February), B. Satya Narayan Reddy (starting 12 February)
 * West Bengal – T. V. Rajeswar (until 7 February), Saiyid Nurul Hasan (starting 7 February)

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.
 * 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.
 * 30 May - Communists brutally raped and killed two workers of UNICEF at 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

 * Sharanya Ari IAS.jpg 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.
 * 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.
 * 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 (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).
 * 30 April - Angami Zapu Phizo, Naga separatist leader (b. 1913)
 * 1 June - Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (born 1916).
 * 7 July - Laldenga, Mizo Nationalist leader. (b. 1927)
 * 30 September – Shankar Nag, actor and director (b. 1954).
 * 21 October – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist (b. 1921).
 * 30 October – Vinod Mehra, actor (b. 1945).
 * 25 December – Chandrakant T. Patel, cotton scientist (b. 1917).