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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
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Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20). |
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Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born. |
| 7/20/1636 |
John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 7/20/1654 |
Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 7/20/1680 |
Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne. |
| 7/20/1829 |
Jankibai passed away in jail. |
| 7/20/1898 |
Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 7/20/1903 |
British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
| 7/20/1905 |
First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India. |
| 7/20/1911 |
Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur. |
| 7/20/1916 |
Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 7/20/1924 |
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha. |
| 7/20/1954 |
Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 7/20/1955 |
Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 7/20/1957 |
India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar. |
| 7/20/1969 |
M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 7/20/1969 |
Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President. |
| 7/20/1982 |
Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 7/20/1986 |
India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
| 7/20/1990 |
GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore. |
| 7/20/1990 |
Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully. |
| 7/20/1991 |
Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead. |
| 7/20/1991 |
Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"". |
| 7/20/1993 |
British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
| 7/20/1993 |
Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes. |
| 7/20/1998 |
Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi. |
| 7/20/2000 |
In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1928 | C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'. |
| 11/2/1908 | 50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy. |
| 6/13/1918 | Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai. |
| 2/2/1977 | Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party. |
| 2/10/1986 | Pope John Paul II ends visit to India. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 10/1/1928 | Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 1/15/1929 | Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
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