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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 04/20/1236 |
Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi. |
| 04/20/1887 |
Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 04/20/1888 |
246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 04/20/1914 |
Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 04/20/1930 |
The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
| 04/20/1938 |
Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away. |
| 04/20/1954 |
Panchsheel agreement between China and India. |
| 04/20/1960 |
Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 04/20/1965 |
First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest. |
| 04/20/1971 |
Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London. |
| 04/20/1971 |
India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team. |
| 04/20/1973 |
Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 04/20/1989 |
R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
| 04/20/1989 |
Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails. |
| 04/20/1989 |
President's rule imposed in Karnataka. |
| 04/20/1991 |
Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away. |
| 04/20/1992 |
U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 04/20/1993 |
Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade. |
| 04/20/1997 |
Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title. |
| 04/20/2000 |
A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 09/25/1927 | Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan). |
| 02/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 11/09/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 10/28/1964 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away. |
| 09/20/1398 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 04/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
| 07/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 04/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 08/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 11/07/1912 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore. |
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