Tareekh

India, year by year

India in 1990

Sachin Tendulkar, aged 17, scored his first Test hundred.

Prime Ministers
V. P. Singh (until 10 November 1990)
Chandra Shekhar (from 10 November 1990)
President
R. Venkataraman
10 grams of gold (24K)
₹3,200yearly figure, BankBazaar
One US dollar
₹17.50official yearly average, World Bank
₹100 in 1990
≈ ₹1,020 in 2025by India's consumer price index, World Bank
Highest-grossing Indian film
Dilworldwide gross, per Wikipedia
Population
86.5 croreWorld Bank
Life expectancy at birth
59 yearsWorld Bank

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Sources: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL (India); World Bank, PA.NUS.FCRF — official exchange rate, rupees per US$, yearly average; World Bank, FP.CPI.TOTL — consumer price index (2010 = 100), yearly average; World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN — life expectancy at birth; Wikipedia, "List of highest-grossing Indian films" — highest-grossing film by year (worldwide gross); BankBazaar, "Historical Gold Rate/Trend in India" — 24K gold, ₹ per 10 g, yearly figure. Prime Ministers, Presidents and events checked against Wikipedia. Money figures are yearly.