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

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.
• 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.
• 1988 Bihar earthquake

Births

• 4 January - Nabila Jamshed, novelist.
• 25 January - Cheteshwar Pujara, cricketer.
• 20 February - Jiah Khan, actress.(d.2013)
• 6 September - Sargun Mehta,TV actress
• 12 September - Prachi Desai, actress.
• 22 September - Sana Saeed, actress and model.
• 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)

Full date unknown

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

See also

• Bollywood films of 1988