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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 |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 7/11/1953 | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra). |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 4/22/1921 | Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement. |
| 8/16/1965 | Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts. |
| 8/15/1994 | Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies. |
| 1/25/1914 | Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
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