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See also:

List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1920 in India.

Incumbents

Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh in 1875, becomes Aligarh Muslim University.
8 July – The House of Commons adopts the findings of the Hunter report.^[1]
Founding of the University of Lucknow.^[2]
Non-cooperation movement was launched on 5 September 1920 by Gandhi;
8 September – The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind issued a religious edict, Fatwa Tark-e-Mawālat on the boycott of British goods.

Births

January to June

12 February – Pran, actor (died 2013).
16 February – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (died 1984).
7 April – Ravi Shankar, sitar player and composer (died 2012).
14 June - Acharya Shri Mahapragya 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (died 2010)

July to December

14 July – Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2004).
1 August – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (died 1969).
19 October – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer, who founded the Swadhyay Movement (died 2003).
27 October – K. R. Narayanan, politician and 10th President of India (died 2005).
17 November – Gemini Ganesan, actor (died 2005).

Full date unknown

Bharat Bhushan, actor (died 1992).

Deaths

26 April – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (born 1887).
1 August – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (born 1856).
30 November – Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, freedom fighter, co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia and founder of the Silk Letter Movement (born 1851)

References

↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 315

Years in India (1500–present)

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