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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
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
8/7/1991India successfully launches Prithvi-III, surface-to-air missile from Sriharikota.
9/28/1929Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born.
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.