Nov 20 History of the day
Today History
20-November-1572 Akbar responded with alacrity and
arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
20-November-1760 Phattesingh Bhosle passed away.
20-November-1859 Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay
Province and historian, passed away.
20-November-1888 Gurunath Bewoor, director general,
was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
20-November-1902 Gandhiji returned to South Africa at
the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian
Laws.
20-November-1907 Railroad workers strike in India.
20-November-1917 J.C. Bose Research Institute was
established in Calcutta.
20-November-1917 Ram Gopal, great Indies /English
classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.
20-November-1930 With all the pageantry of the British
Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London
to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King
George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House
of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist
movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins
dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
20-November-1942 Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was
arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal
satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
20-November-1946 Gandhiji starts tour without party.
20-November-1947 Parliament gives Indian government
censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
20-November-1955 Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test
debut, India v New Zealand.
20-November-1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's first
Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
20-November-1967 First Indian made Sounding Rocket
'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching
Station.
20-November-1969 The Union Home Ministry decides to
reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
20-November-1981 Bhaskara-II, India's second
experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle
Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote
sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
20-November-1989 Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of
""Kirana Gharana"", passed away
20-November-1990 Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry
wins a confidence
motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar
Pradesh.
20-November-1990 Union Government asks Supreme Court
to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
20-November-1993 RBI clears two more private banks:
The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
20-November-1997 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of
stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of
Understanding.
20-November-1998 Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the
Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development.
20-November-1998 V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing
director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from
investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
20-November-1999 P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is
honoured by the French Government.
20-November-1999 Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior
journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS
leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
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