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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
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
11/12/2000Guru Amardasji passed away.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
12/4/1910Amar Singh Ladha Nakum, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties), was born at Rajkot.
8/4/1914Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
1/17/1771Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.