20th January’22 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 20th of January 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 occur 20th of January

 
Ajit Kumar Doval, KC (born 20 January 1945), is the 5th and current National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. He previously served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau in 2004–05, after spending a decade as the head of its operation wing. He is also regarded as an instrumental figure in Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (born January 20, 1964) is an American journalist, political scientist, and author. He is the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.
Naresh Vijaya Krishna popularly known as Naresh, is an Indian film actor, politician and social activist known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and television. He began acting as child in 1970, and starred in around 200 films in a variety of roles including lead actor, father and comedy roles.
Nadira Babbar (born 20 January 1948) is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.Nadira Babbar was seen playing mother to Aishwarya Rai in Gurinder Chadha’s film Bride and Prejudice (2004), and M.
Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is an Indian actor and politician. He is known for his works in Telugu language films and is widely known as Rebel Star for his rebellious acting style. He is also the winner of the inaugural Nandi Award for Best Actor. Krishnam Raju has starred in more than 183 feature films in his career.
 

Notable Moments

 
1684 Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
1897 Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
1949 Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
1957 South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
1959 Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
 

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