20th March – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 20th March in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 20th March

Kangna Ranaut (born 20 March 1987) is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster. She won a Filmfare as well as a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Richa Gangopadhyay (born Antara Gangopadhyay on 20 March 1986) is an Indian film actress, model and former beauty queen. After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut in the 2010 Telugu political drama Leader.

Alka Yagnik (born March 20, 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is amongst the best-known playback singers of Hindi cinema with a career spanning three decades.

Gayatri Joshi (born March 20, 1977) is a model turned Bollywood actress. Her first film was 2004’s Swades. She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant

Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian film actor and model. He rose to fame following his performances in films such as The Angrez, Abhiyum Naanum and Unnaipol Oruvan. Ganesh was born and raised in the Mumbai suburb of Andheri (West).

Death anniversaries on 20th March

Khushwant Singh ( born 2 February 1915) is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh’s weekly column, “With Malice towards One and All”, carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country.

Sobhan Babu pronunciation (help·info) (January 14, 1937 – March 20, 2008) was an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema. Born as Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao to a middle-class family,

Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo (Hindi: बोब क्रिस्टो, Urdu: بوب چرِستو), was an Indian actor of Australian origin. Starting with Sanjay Khan’s Abdullah (1980), he went to acted in about 200 Hindi films in the 80s and 90s

Girija Prasad Koirala (1925 – 20 March 2010) was a former Nepalese Prime Minister, politician and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party.

Jaipal Singh Munda (January 3, 1903 – March 20, 1970) was a Munda tribal man, who captained the Indian field hockey team to clinch gold in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Notable Events:

1904 Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen’s College in Delhi.

1926 For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby’s Calcutta Cup in London.

1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.

1991 Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.

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