20 November - Day in History of India and Importance

1572 - Akbar arrived at Ahmadabad and made arrangements for its administration.

1902 - Gandhiji went back to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the  fight of Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.
1917 - J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
1967 - First Indian made  Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
1982 - Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.

2017
November 20, 2009: Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 30,000 international runs

November 20, 2017: Virat Kohli became the joint fastest player to score 50 international centuries.

In International cricket, on 20 November 2017

Sachin Tendulkar:

Matches - 664, Centuries - 100

Virat Kohli:

Matches - 318, Centuries - 50

Birthdays

1750 - Tipu Sultan
1953 - Manohar Tirkey - 2009 Lok Sabha Member
1962 - Rajkumar Hirani


21 November - Day in History of India and Importance

Updated 20 November 2017, 29 March 2015