GIFT Birth
Indira Hinduja pioneers gamete intrafallopian transfer in India, resulting in the country's first GIFT baby.
Permanent historical records · Updated 2026-11-03
1988 in India
Explore 13 historical events and records for India in 1988.
Historical records for India in 1988
Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 13 of 13 unique records.
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January
February
Prithvi Missile Test
Under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's missile programme leadership, the Prithvi surface-to-surface missile undergoes its first test flight.
March
IRS-1A
U. R. Rao oversees the launch of IRS-1A, beginning India's operational remote-sensing satellite series.
June
Death of Raj Kapoor
Death of Raj Kapoor
November
Operation Cactus
India rapidly deploys military forces to the Maldives to help defeat an attempted coup.
December
China Visit
Rajiv Gandhi visits China, helping restore high-level political dialogue after decades of strained relations.
Other events (month unknown)
Dismissal
Expelled from the Government for exposing an arms sale scandal
DNA Fingerprinting
Lalji Singh establishes an indigenous DNA fingerprinting method at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and applies it to a parentage dispute.
IUCAA
Jayant Narlikar becomes founding director of IUCAA, creating a national centre to strengthen university research in astronomy and astrophysics.
Janatas Dal
Forms a new political party
Maharashtra Pradesh
Appointed President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Minister of External Affairs
P.V. Narasimha Rao again serves as Minister of External Affairs.
Voting Age Reduced
The Sixty-first Amendment lowers the voting age for Lok Sabha and state assembly elections from 21 to 18.
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