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Historical Event on 11/20/1955
Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1967 | South Gujrat University was established. |
| 1/21/1993 | Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 5/1/1966 | Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 3/31/1904 | British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
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