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Historical Event on 1/20/1990
Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/12/1987 | Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 3/7/1996 | Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 1/24/1921 | T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born. |
| 9/20/1878 | Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies. |
| 2/27/1987 | UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding. |
| 5/16/1960 | International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
| 11/5/1929 | Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
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