1920 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1920 in India.
Incumbents[edit]
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events[edit]
- 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[edit]
January to June[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Bharat Bhushan, actor (died 1992).
Deaths[edit]
- 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)