Today Importance - 20th January
20-Jan-1684
Treaty between the Marathas and the Portuguese.
20-Jan-1817
Ram Mohan Roy started the Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. Later the name of this college was changed to Presidency College.
20-Jan-1871
The famous Indian industrialist Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata was born.
20-Jan-1879
Birth of famous Assamese nature poet Raghunath Chowdhury.
20-Jan-1897
Gandhi refused to prosecute the attackers.
20-Jan-1898
Krishnarao Ganeshpant Phulnabrikar (Master Krishnarao), noted singer, actor and music director, is born.
20-Jan-1931
Saroj Kumari, a feature film produced by Mahaveer Photoplace and Theaters Limited, Secunderabad, was banned on January 20 as 'abhorrent' and 'seditious'.
20-Jan-1939
The great Indian astronomer Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe was born.
20-Jan-1948
1. A bomb exploded near Birla House during Gandhi's prayer meeting. 2. Three-member United Nations Commission of Inquiry/Mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa as the army commander of Delhi and East Punjab Lt. Gen. D. Succeeded Rissel and was responsible for conducting operations in Kashmir.
20-Jan-1949
Junagadh was formally merged with Saurashtra.
20-Jan-1952
Birth of famous Marathi writer Vasant Patankar.
20-Jan-1957
South Africa has banned Indian cargo ships from docking at their ports.
20-Jan-1957
The first Indian nuclear reactor at Trombay in Mumbai was dedicated to the "Apsara" nation.
20-Jan-1959
Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
20-Jan-1972
Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura became states of the Indian Union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became union territories. The North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) of Assam was renamed Arunachal Pradesh.
20-Jan-1988
Shivcharan Mathur took oath as Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
20-Jan-1988
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Border Gandhi, has died.
20-Jan-1990
Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in as Minister of State for Defence.
20-Jan-1992
Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Cup.
20-Jan-1993
The Karnataka Ministry expanded to include 27 more members; SM Krishna wrote a diary. cm.
20-Jan-1993
First Param Vir Chakra awardee Captain Karamjit Singh passed away.
20-Jan-1993
Former Bihar Chief Minister Bindeswari Dubey passed away.
20-Jan-1994
Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adur Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidhan' won the best foreign and Indian film awards at the 25th International Film Festival in Kolkata.
20-Jan-1995
The Supreme Court has ordered the closure of 84 industries around the Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
20-Jan-1996
The Indian Army conducted a UN peacekeeping mission in New Delhi from 20 to 26 January 1996, attended by the UN headquarters and representatives of 17 foreign countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Under Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan was the chief guest.
20-Jan-1997
Indian Express launched its 18th edition from Belgaum.
20-Jan-1997
India-South Africa 3rd Test draw in Johannesburg
20-Jan-1999
Renowned playwright Girish Karnad has been selected for the 1998 Jnanpeeth Award.
20-Jan-2000
Jammu and Kashmir has accepted the State Autonomy Committee report presented in the Assembly last year.
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