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Historical Event on 2/4/1990
Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 3/5/1961 | Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away. |
| 5/10/1992 | Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi. |
| 10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 2/23/1993 | India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England. |
| 12/1/1989 | V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister. |
| 2/3/1929 | The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"". |
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