Year 712
Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
JUNE 20
Daily Historical Chronicle
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20 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 20 June.
Observances & Special Days
World Refugee Day (International)
Year 1574
Akbar himself left Agra.
Year 1756
A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died
Year 1837
Victoria became Queen of England.
Year 1840
Samuel Morse received the patent for the telegraph.
Year 1858
Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first Indian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
Year 1873
Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
Year 1877
Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Year 1887
Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opened in Bombay (now Mumbai).
Year 1916
Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve.
Year 1921
Tilak University was established.
Year 1946
Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
Year 1946
Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
Year 1948
Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
Year 1985
The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan.
Year 1990
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook Iran, killing at least 50,000 people and injuring 150,000.
Year 1990
Asteroid Eureka was discovered.
Year 1992
CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
Year 1992
Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
Year 1992
The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
Year 1993
Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
Year 2001
Pervez Musharraf became President of Pakistan.
Year 2003
The Wikimedia Foundation was founded.
Born 1869
Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
Born 1897
Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
Born 1915
Terence Young, a British film director, and screenwriter.
Born 1918
K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
Born 1939
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
Born 1952
Vikram Seth, an Indian novelist, and poet.
Born 1972
Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
Born 1979
Renedy Singh, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Manipur
Died 1668
Heinrich Roth, a missionary and pioneering Sanskrit scholar.
Died 1837
William IV, King of the United Kingdom.
Died 1911
Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter, and former cabinet minister died.
Died 1917
James Mason Crafts, an American chemist.
Died 1957
Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died.
Died 1987
Salim Ali, an Indian ornithologist and naturalist.
Died 1997
Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai.