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Historical Event on 1/20/1871
Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
| 2/10/1921 | Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 2/7/1931 | Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 4/26/1929 | British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India. |
| 8/28/1667 | Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
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