Indian history of 20th july

1.  Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).20-July-1296

2.  Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.20-July-1531

3.  John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians.20-July-1636

4.  Portugal was taken over by Britishers.20-July-1654

5.  Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.20-July-1680

6.  Jankibai passed away in jail.20-July-1829

7.  Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat.20-July-1898

8.  British to increase size of Royal Army in India.20-July-1903

9.  First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.20-July-1905

10. Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.20-July-1911

11. Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.20-July-1916

12. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.20-July-1924

13. Armistice for Indo-China signed.20-July-1954

14. Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.20-July-1955

15. India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.20-July-1957

16. M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.20-July-1969

17. Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.20-July-1969

18. Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.20-July-1982

19. India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.20-July-1986

20. GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.20-July-1990

21. Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.20-July-1990

22. Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.20-July-1991

23. 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-1991

24. British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.20-July-1993

25. 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-1993

26. 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-1998

27.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.20-July-2000