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{{Year in India|1988}}<br />
Events in the year '''1988 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Raghunandan Swarup Pathak]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] – [[R. D. Pradhan]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
*April – Security & Exchange Board of India established to deal with the development and regulation of the securities market and investor protection.<br />
*The Discount and Finance House of India, set up as a money market institution, commenced operations.<br />
*July – The National Housing Bank established as an apex body of housing finance and to promote activities in housing development.<br />
*August – Stock Holding Corporation of India, a depository institution, commenced operations.<br />
*August - [[1988 in Punjab|Floods in Punjab, Haryana]]<br />
*21 August – The 6.9 {{M|w}} [[1988 Bihar earthquake|Bihar earthquake]] shook northern Bihar near Nepal with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing 709–1,450.<br />
*October – Maximum lending rate abolished. Banks free to charge customers according to their credit record.<br />
*The [[National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission]] is set up under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.<br />
*Voting age reduced from 21 to 18 years<br />
*26 December - caste violence between [[Kapu (caste)|Kapus]] and [[Kamma (caste)|Kammas]] erupts in costal districts of [[Andhra Pradesh]] following death of a [[Congress I]] [[M.L.A]] named Ranga Rao.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 31, 1989|first=Amarnath K.|last=Menon|title=Congress(I) MLA murder triggers off caste violence in four Andhra Pradesh coastal districts|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890131-congressi-mla-murder-triggers-off-caste-violence-in-four-andhra-pradesh-coastal-districts-815673-1989-01-31|access-date=2021-02-04|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
*4 January – [[Nabila Jamshed]], novelist.<br />
*[[File:CHETESHWAR PUJARA (16006897989).jpg|thumb|180x180px|[[Cheteshwar Pujara]]]]25 January – [[Cheteshwar Pujara]], cricketer.<br />
*20 February – [[Jiah Khan]], actress.(d.2013)<br />
*8 April – [[Saqib Saleem]], model and actor<br />
*6 June - [[Ajinkya Rahane]], cricketer.<br />
*10 July - [[Manjari Fadnis]], film actress<br />
*2 September - [[Ishant Sharma]], cricketer.<br />
*6 September – [[Sargun Mehta]], TV actress<br />
*12 September – [[Prachi Desai]], actress.<br />
*22 September – [[Sana Saeed]], actress and model.<br />
*26 September – [[Sandhya (actress)|Sandhya]], film actress<ref>{{cite news|last=Arjun|first= |title=Merry days are here|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/merry-days-are-here/article3022297.ece|access-date=21 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 December 2009|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref><br />
*[[File:VIRAT KOHLI JAN 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|187x187px|[[Virat Kohli]]]]5 November – [[Virat Kohli]], cricketer<br />
*25 November – [[Rochelle Rao]], model and anchor<br />
*2 December – [[Soniya Mehra]], actress.<br />
*[[File:Ravindra Jadeja.jpg|thumb|173x173px|[[Ravindra Jadeja]]]]6 December - [[Ravindra Jadeja]], cricketer.<br />
*24 December – [[Piyush Chawla]], cricketer.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*August – [[Mahendra Lal Wadhwa]], freedom fighter (born 1900).<br />
*29 October – [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]], social reformer and [[freedom fighter]] (born 1903).<br />
*24 December – [[Jainendra Kumar]], novelist (born 1905).<br />
*[[File:Raj Kapoor in Anari.jpg|thumb|150x150px|[[Raj Kapoor]]]]2 June – [[Raj Kapoor]], legendary [[actor]] in [[Bollywood]] (born 1924)<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Majnun Gorakhpuri]], writer and literary critic (born 1904).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 1988]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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