1988 in India

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Events in the year 1988 in the Republic of India.

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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.
August - Floods in Punjab, Haryana
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 to 18 years
26 December - caste violence between Kapus and Kammas erupts in costal districts of Andhra Pradesh following death of a Congress I M.L.A named Ranga Rao.^[1]

Births

4 January – Nabila Jamshed, novelist.
Cheteshwar Pujara
25 January – Cheteshwar Pujara, cricketer.
20 February – Jiah Khan, actress.(d.2013)
8 April – Saqib Saleem, model and actor
6 June - Ajinkya Rahane, cricketer.
10 July - Manjari Fadnis, film actress
2 September - Ishant Sharma, cricketer.
6 September – Sargun Mehta, TV actress
12 September – Prachi Desai, actress.
22 September – Sana Saeed, actress and model.
26 September – Sandhya, film actress^[2]
Virat Kohli
5 November – Virat Kohli, cricketer
25 November – Rochelle Rao, model and anchor
2 December – Soniya Mehra, actress.
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Ravindra Jadeja
6 December - Ravindra Jadeja, cricketer.
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).
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Raj Kapoor
2 June – Raj Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood (born 1924)

Full date unknown

Majnun Gorakhpuri, writer and literary critic (born 1904).

References

↑ Menon, Amarnath K. (31 January 1989). "Congress(I) MLA murder triggers off caste violence in four Andhra Pradesh coastal districts". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
↑ Arjun (25 December 2009). "Merry days are here". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

[1] Menon, Amarnath K. (31 January 1989). "Congress(I) MLA murder triggers off caste violence in four Andhra Pradesh coastal districts". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[2] Arjun (25 December 2009). "Merry days are here". The Hindu. Chennai. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

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