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{{Year in India|1920}}<br />
Events in the year '''1920 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
*[[Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College]], founded by Sir [[Syed Ahmed Khan]] in [[Aligarh]] in 1875, becomes [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<br />
*8 July – The House of Commons adopts the findings of the [[Mark Hunter (civil servant)|Hunter]] report.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262</ref><br />
*Founding of the University of Lucknow.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 315</ref><br />
*Non-cooperation movement was launched on 5 September 1920 by Gandhi;<br />
*8 September – The [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]] issued a religious edict, ''Fatwa Tark-e-Mawālat'' on the boycott of British goods.<br />
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==Births==<br />
===January to June===<br />
*12 February – [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], actor (died 2013).<br />
*16 February – [[I. S. Johar]], actor, writer, producer and director (died 1984).<br />
*7 April – [[Ravi Shankar]], [[sitar]] player and composer (died 2012).<br />
*14 June - [[Acharya Shri Mahapragya]] 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (died 2010)<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*14 July – [[Shankarrao Chavan]], politician and twice [[Chief Minister]] of [[Maharashtra]] (died 2004).<br />
*1 August – [[Annabhau Sathe]], social reformer and writer (died 1969).<br />
*19 October – [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]], philosopher, spiritual leader, [[social reform]]er, who founded the [[Swadhyay Movement]] (died 2003).<br />
*27 October – [[K. R. Narayanan]], politician and 10th [[President of India]] (died 2005).<br />
*17 November – [[Gemini Ganesan]], actor (died 2005).<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Bharat Bhushan]], actor (died 1992).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*26 April – [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], mathematician (born 1887).<br />
*1 August – [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (born 1856).<br />
*30 November – [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]], freedom fighter, co-founder of the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] and founder of the [[Silk Letter Movement]] (born 1851)<br />
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