1920 in India

← 1919 1918 1917 1920 in India → 1921 1922 1923
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1920 in India.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events[]

• Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh in 1875, becomes Aligarh Muslim University.
• 8 July – The House of Commons adopts the findings of the Hunter report.^[1]
• Founding of the University of Lucknow.^[2]
• Non-cooperation movement was launched on 5 September 1920 by Gandhi;
• 8 September – The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind issued a religious edict, Fatwa Tark-e-Mawālat on the boycott of British goods.

Births[]

January to June[]

• 12 February – Pran, actor (died 2013).
• 16 February – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (died 1984).
• 7 April – Ravi Shankar, sitar player and composer (died 2012).
• 14 June - Acharya Shri Mahapragya 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (died 2010)

July to December[]

• 14 July – Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2004).
• 1 August – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (died 1969).
• 19 October – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer, who founded the Swadhyay Movement (died 2003).
• 27 October – K. R. Narayanan, politician and 10th President of India (died 2005).
• 17 November – Gemini Ganesan, actor (died 2005).

Full date unknown[]

• Bharat Bhushan, actor (died 1992).

Deaths[]

• 26 April – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (born 1887).
• 1 August – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (born 1856).
• 30 November – Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, freedom fighter, co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia and founder of the Silk Letter Movement (born 1851)

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