1920 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

  Events

• Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh in 1875, becomes Aligarh Muslim University.
• 8 July – The House of Commons adopts the findings of the Hunter report.
• Founding of the University of Lucknow.
• Non-cooperation movement was launched on 31 August 1920 by Gandhi;

  Births

January to June

• 12 February – Pran, actor.
• 16 February – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director.
• 7 April – Ravi Shankar, sitar player and composer.

  July to December

• 14 July – Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• 1 August – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer.
• 19 October – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer, who founded the Swadhyay Movement.
• 27 October – K. R. Narayanan, politician and 10th President of India.
• 17 November – Gemini Ganesan, actor.

  Full date unknown

• Bharat Bhushan, actor.

  Deaths

• 26 April – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician.
• 1 August – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter.