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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Today Importance - 20th July

20-July-1296

After the murder of Jalaluddin Khilji, Alauddin Khilji declared himself the king of Delhi. (190R20).

20-July-1531

Mahakavi Sadhak Tulsidas was born.

20-July-1636

Large trader John Oldham was murdered by the Indians.

20-July-1654

Portugal was occupied by the British.

20-July-1680

Chhatrapati Sambhaji was on the throne.

20-July-1829

Jankibai died in jail.

20-July-1898

The great linguist, educationist, Principal of JB College and Padma Bhushan awardee Krishnakant Handique was born in Jorhat.

20-July-1903

The British would increase the size of the imperial army in India.

20-July-1905

The first proposal for the partition of Bengal proposed by Lord Curzon was accepted by the Indian Minister of the British Government.

20-July-1911

Mohammad Baka Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), born in Jullandur.

20-July-1916

Habibur Rahman Ibrahim Chowdhary, cricket test umpire for 4 tests from 1959–64, was born in Mumbai.

20-July-1924

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar founded the exiled Hitkarni Sabha.

20-July-1954

Signing of ceasefire for India-China.

20-July-1955

Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.

20-July-1957

India's largest sheet-glass manufacturing plant officially opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.

20 July 1969

M. Hidayatullah turned into the main acting Leader of India.

20 July 1969

Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired as President.

20-July-1982

Meera Ben (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi passed away.

20-July-1986

India bows out of Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.

20-July-1990

Government of India notified restrictions on the liberal import policy announced earlier. As a result of the sanctions, about Rs. Import bill of Rs. 1000 crores.

20-July-1990

The Tamil Nadu bandh organized by the Tamil Nadu government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka ended peacefully.

20-July-1991

The dead body of Shanmugam, a suspect in the Rajeev murder case, has been found.

20-July-1991

Former Maharaja of Travancore Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma passed away at the age of 78 after a brief illness. His tenure as the scion of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in law, education and other fields. He was hailed as "the second Ashoka" and described by Gandhiji as a "historical wonder".

20-July-1993

The British Parliament approved the Indo-British Extradition Treaty.

20-July-1993

Chander Mohan, son of Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, won the bypoll to Kalka assembly constituency by a margin of 61,800 votes.

20-July-1998

Exceptional Emissary of Head of the state Shri Jaswant Singh and US Agent Secretary of State Strobe Talbot examined atomic limitation and security related issues in New Delhi.

20-July-2000

In a cross country search, IT division authorities looked through the homes of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and previous ICC director Jagmohan Dalmiya and recuperated implicating reports.