1988 in India
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Events in the year 1988 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
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).
