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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
1/6/1989Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
8/19/1999Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.
8/22/1922Alluri Seetaram Raju inspired and organised the tribals to wage a war against the British. Raju's army raided Chintapalli police station and there was regular warfare between him and the British forces.
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
5/8/1933Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
10/23/1959Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.