See also: 1988 in India, other events of 1989, 1990 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Events

• 14 February - Union Carbide agrees to pay USD $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal Disaster.
• 2 December - V.P. Singh becomes the Prime Minister of India after Lok Sabha elections.
• Mulayam Singh Yadav becomes the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time.

[edit] Births

• 2 September - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, winner Amul STAR Voice of India in 2007 (d.2008).
• 21 December - Tamanna Bhatia, actress.

[edit] Deaths

• Murad, actor (b.1904).