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Historical Event on 11/20/1859
Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1974 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 6/24/1885 | Tara Singh, freedom fighter and leader of Akali Dal Master, was born in the village Haryal, District Rawalpindi. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 12/23/1930 | The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 5/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
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