4 January 1988GIFT BirthIndira Hinduja
Indira Hinduja pioneers gamete intrafallopian transfer in India, resulting in the country's first GIFT baby.
Historical records for India in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Indira Hinduja pioneers gamete intrafallopian transfer in India, resulting in the country's first GIFT baby.
Under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's missile programme leadership, the Prithvi surface-to-surface missile undergoes its first test flight.
U. R. Rao oversees the launch of IRS-1A, beginning India's operational remote-sensing satellite series.
Death of Raj Kapoor
India rapidly deploys military forces to the Maldives to help defeat an attempted coup.
Rajiv Gandhi visits China, helping restore high-level political dialogue after decades of strained relations.
Expelled from the Government for exposing an arms sale scandal
Lalji Singh establishes an indigenous DNA fingerprinting method at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and applies it to a parentage dispute.
Jayant Narlikar becomes founding director of IUCAA, creating a national centre to strengthen university research in astronomy and astrophysics.
Forms a new political party
Appointed President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
P.V. Narasimha Rao again serves as Minister of External Affairs.
The Sixty-first Amendment lowers the voting age for Lok Sabha and state assembly elections from 21 to 18.
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