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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
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
3/17/1863Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.
7/4/1997Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
3/30/1989Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away.
2/4/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.