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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
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
11/13/1908Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
3/21/1973Yashwant Ramkrishna Date, great Marathi dictionary creator, passed away.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.