| Date | Event Name |
| 1/20/1684 |
Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese. |
| 1/20/1817 |
Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College. |
| 1/20/1871 |
Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 1/20/1879 |
Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 1/20/1897 |
Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
| 1/20/1898 |
Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born. |
| 1/20/1931 |
Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''. |
| 1/20/1939 |
Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 1/20/1948 |
1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir. |
| 1/20/1949 |
Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
| 1/20/1952 |
Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 1/20/1957 |
South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports. |
| 1/20/1957 |
First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 1/20/1959 |
Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away. |
| 1/20/1972 |
Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
| 1/20/1988 |
Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 1/20/1988 |
Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 1/20/1990 |
Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence. |
| 1/20/1992 |
Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. |
| 1/20/1993 |
Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM. |
| 1/20/1993 |
Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away. |
| 1/20/1993 |
Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
| 1/20/1994 |
Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
| 1/20/1995 |
Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution. |
| 1/20/1996 |
The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest. |
| 1/20/1997 |
Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 1/20/1997 |
The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 1/20/1999 |
Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 1/20/2000 |
J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year. |
