20 JUL HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History
Events for July 20

20-July-1296	Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
20-July-1531	Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
20-July-1636	John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.
20-July-1654	Portugal was taken over by Britishers.
20-July-1680	Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
20-July-1829	Jankibai passed away in jail.
20-July-1898	Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat.
20-July-1903	British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
20-July-1905	First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
20-July-1911	Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.
20-July-1916	Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.
20-July-1924	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
20-July-1954	Armistice for Indo-China signed.
20-July-1955	Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
20-July-1957	India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
20-July-1969	M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.
20-July-1969	Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
20-July-1982	Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
20-July-1986	India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
20-July-1990	GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
20-July-1990	Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.
20-July-1991	Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
20-July-1991	Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical won
20-July-1993	British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
20-July-1993	Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes.
20-July-1998	Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
20-July-2000	In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents.