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Events for January 20

20-January-1684	Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
20-January-1817	Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
20-January-1871	Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
20-January-1879	Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
20-January-1897	Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
20-January-1898	Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
20-January-1931	Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''.
20-January-1939	Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born.
20-January-1948	1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir.
20-January-1949	Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
20-January-1952	Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
20-January-1957	South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
20-January-1957	First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nat
20-January-1959	Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
20-January-1972	Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
20-January-1988	Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
20-January-1988	Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
20-January-1990	Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
20-January-1992	Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
20-January-1993	Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
20-January-1993	Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
20-January-1993	Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
20-January-1994	Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta.
20-January-1995	Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution.
20-January-1996	The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
20-January-1997	Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.
20-January-1997	The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
20-January-1999	Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
20-January-2000	J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.