1989 in India

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Events in the year 1989 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – R. Venkataraman
• Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi until 2 December, V. P. Singh
• Chief Justice of India –
  • until 18 June – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
  • 19 June-18 December – Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah
  • starting 18 December – Sabyasachi Mukharji

Events

• 14 February – Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
• March – Certificate of Deposit and Commercial Paper introduced to widen the monetary instruments and give investors greater flexibility.
• April – Amendment to Banking, Public Financial Institution and Negotiable Instruments Laws enacted to encourage the culture of use of cheques in India. It introduced penalties for the dishonour of cheques.
• Service Area Approach for rural lending became operational.
• 1 July – CRR raised to 15% taking statutory preemptions of banks' resources in the form of the Statutory Liquidity Ratio and the Cash Reserve Ratio to over 53%.
• 15 November – Sachin Tendulkar makes his debut in international cricket.
• 2 December – V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister of India after Lok Sabha elections.
• 8 December – 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed

Births

• 2 September – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, winner Amul STAR Voice of India in 2007 (died 2008).
• 2 April – Midhun Jith, Guinness World Record Breaker and World Kickboxing Champion
• 21 December – Tamanna Bhatia, actress.

Deaths

• 1 March - Vasantdada Patil, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Former Governor of Rajasthan (born 1917).
• Murad, actor (born 1904).
• Tarkeshwar Pandey, politician (born 1910).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1989