1920 in India
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Events in the year 1920 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India â George V
- Viceroy of India â Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events
- National income â â¹ 30,428 million
- 1 September â Non-cooperation movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
- 8 September â The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind issued a religious edict, Fatwa Tark-e-MawÄlat on the boycott of British goods.
- 14 September â Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh in 1875, becomes Aligarh Muslim University.
- October â Formation of All India Trade Union Congress.[1]
- 25 November â Founding of the University of Lucknow.[2]
Law
- 8 July â The House of Commons adopts the findings of the Hunter report.[3]
- Provincial Insolvency Act
- Passport (Entry into India) Act
- Identification of Prisoners Act
- Aligarh Muslim University Act
- Charitable and Religious Trusts Act
- Indian Red Cross Society Act
Births
January to June
- 12 February â Pran, actor (died 2013).
- 16 February â I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (died 1984).
- 7 April â Ravi Shankar, sitar player and composer (died 2012).
- 14 June â Acharya Shri Mahapragya 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (died 2010)
July to December
- 14 July â Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2004)
- 1 August â Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (died 1969)
- 9 September â Santosh Kumar Ghosh, Bengali writer (died 1985)[4]
- 19 October â Pandurang Shastri Athavale, philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer, who founded the Swadhyay Movement (died 2003)
- 27 October â K. R. Narayanan, politician and 10th President of India (died 2005)
- 17 November â Gemini Ganesan, actor (died 2005)
Full date unknown
- Bharat Bhushan, actor (died 1992).
Deaths
- 26 April â Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (born 1887).
- 1 August â Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (born 1856).
- 30 November â Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, freedom fighter, co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia and founder of the Silk Letter Movement (born 1851)