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Events for April 20

20-April-1236	Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
20-April-1887	Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
20-April-1888	246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
20-April-1914	Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
20-April-1930	The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
20-April-1938	Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
20-April-1954	Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
20-April-1960	Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
20-April-1965	First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
20-April-1971	Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
20-April-1971	India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
20-April-1973	Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur.
20-April-1989	R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
20-April-1989	Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
20-April-1989	President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
20-April-1991	Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
20-April-1992	U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
20-April-1993	Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
20-April-1997	Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
20-April-2000	A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.