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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).

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8/16/1901	Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
3/10/1922	Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
7/1/1927	Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/10/1998	Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
6/7/1996	Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1/25/1992	Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
8/11/1954	Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
9/12/1934	Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
2/13/1999	The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
7/9/1969	India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).

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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).

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).