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Historical Event on 1/22/1990

The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
3/9/1951Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
1/15/1947Pritish Nandi, famous journalist, was born. Abul Kalam Azad became Minister of Education in the Government of India.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.