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Centuries:
18th • 19th •
20th
• 21st
Decades:
1900s • 1910s •
1920s
• 1930s • 1940s
See also:
Other events of 1920
List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history
Events in the year
1920
in
India
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Births
3.1
January to June
3.2
July to December
3.3
Full date unknown
4
Deaths
Incumbents
Emperor of India
–
George V
Events
Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College
, founded by Sir
Syed Ahmed Khan
in
Aligarh
in 1875, becomes
Aligarh Muslim University
.
Births
January to June
16 February -
I. S. Johar
, actor, writer, producer and director (d.
1984
).
7 April -
Ravi Shankar
,
sitar
player and
composer
.
1 May -
Manna Dey
, playback singer.
July to December
14 July -
Shankarrao Chavan
, politician and twice
Chief Minister
of
Maharashtra
(d.
2004
).
1 August -
Annabhau Sathe
, social reformer and writer (d.
1969
).
19 October -
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
,
philosopher
, spiritual leader,
social reformer
, who founded the
Swadhyay Movement
(d.
2003
).
27 October -
K. R. Narayanan
, politician and 10th
President of India
(d.
2005
).
17 November -
Gemini Ganesan
, actor (d.
2005
).
Full date unknown
Bharat Bhushan
, actor (d.
1992
).
Deaths
26 April -
Srinivasa Ramanujan
,
mathematician
(b.
1887
).
1 August -
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (b.
1856
).