1990 in India

• 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

• 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• March – The last Indian troops are withdrawn from Sri Lanka.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

• 1 January – Ali Murtaza, cricketer.
• 5 February - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, cricketer.
• 19 May - Siddarth Kaul, cricketer.
• 02 July - Gajanan Chukabotalwar
• 23 July - Yuzvendra Chahal, cricketer.
• 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.

• 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).
• 2 June – Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (b. 1911).
• 23 July - [Purshottamdas H. Purohit], businessman, philanthropist, creator of Adarsh Hotels Group (b. 1920)
• 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).

• Bollywood films of 1990