1988 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1988 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents[edit]
- President of India – R. Venkataraman
- Prime Minister of India – Rajiv Gandhi
- Chief Justice of India – Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
Governors[edit]
- Andhra Pradesh –
- Arunachal Pradesh – R. D. Pradhan
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Goa –
- Gujarat –
- Haryana –
- Himachal Pradesh –
- Jammu and Kashmir –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Manipur –
- Meghalaya –
- Mizoram –
- Nagaland –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Sikkim –
- Tamil Nadu –
- Tripura –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
Events[edit]
- 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 Mw 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[edit]
- 4 January – Nabila Jamshed, novelist.
- 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]
- 5 November – Virat Kohli, cricketer
- 25 November – Rochelle Rao, model and anchor
- 2 December – Soniya Mehra, actress.
- 6 December - Ravindra Jadeja, cricketer.
- 24 December – Piyush Chawla, cricketer.
Deaths[edit]
- 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)
Full date unknown[edit]
- Majnun Gorakhpuri, writer and literary critic (born 1904).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.