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1990
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
January - June
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 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.
July - December
7 August- V. P. Singh announces implementation of Mandal commission report.FRONTLINE TEAM 2022-08-15 1990: Anti-Mandal agitation and identity politics https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/india-at-75-epochal-moments-1990-anti-mandal-agitation-and-identity-politics/article65730863.ece 2026-03-09 Frontline en
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.2015-01-23 The drama of the arrest https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/the-drama-of-the-arrest/article6808098.ece 2024-02-05 Frontline en
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.
2 March - Tiger Shroff, Actor
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.
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3 September – Mohammed Shami, cricketer.
6 September – Aishwarya Lekshmi, actress.
14 September – Suryakumar Yadav, cricketer.
13 October – Pooja Hegde, actress.
thumb|100px|Kriti Sanon
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 (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).
See also
Bollywood films of 1990
References
1990
India
Category:Years of the 20th century in India