1988 in India

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Events in the year 1988 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – R. Venkataraman
• Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi
• Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak

Events

• April – Security & Exchange Board of India established to deal with the development and regulation of the securities market and investor protection.
• The Discount and Finance House of India, set up as a money market institution, commenced operations.
• July – The National Housing Bank established as an apex body of housing finance and to promote activities in housing development.
• August – Stock Holding Corporation of India, a depository institution, commenced operations.
• 21 August – The 6.9 M_w Bihar earthquake shook northern Bihar near Nepal with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 709–1,450.
• October – Maximum lending rate abolished. Banks free to charge customers according to their credit record.
• The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is set up under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.
• Voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years

Births

• 4 January – Nabila Jamshed, novelist.
• 25 January – Cheteshwar Pujara, cricketer.
• 20 February – Jiah Khan, actress.(d.2013)
• 17 June - Hitesh Navaniya,
• 6 September – Sargun Mehta, TV actress
• 12 September – Prachi Desai, actress.
• 22 September – Sana Saeed, actress and model.
• 5 November – Virat Kohli, cricketer
• 2 December – Soniya Mehra, actress.
• 24 December – Piyush Chawla, cricketer.

Deaths

• August – Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, freedom fighter (born 1900).
• 29 October – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, social reformer and freedom fighter (born 1903).
• 24 December – Jainendra Kumar, novelist (born 1905).
• 2 June – Raj Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood (born 1924)

See also

• Bollywood films of 1988