1920 in India

Events in the year 1920 in India.

Incumbents

 * Emperor of India – George V
 * Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events

 * National income – ₹ 30,428 million
 * 1 September – Non-cooperation movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
 * 8 September – The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind issued a religious edict, Fatwa Tark-e-Mawālat on the boycott of British goods.
 * 14 September – Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh in 1875, becomes Aligarh Muslim University.
 * October – Formation of All India Trade Union Congress.
 * 25 November – Founding of the University of Lucknow.

Law

 * 8 July – The House of Commons adopts the findings of the Hunter report.
 * Provincial Insolvency Act
 * Passport (Entry into India) Act
 * Identification of Prisoners Act
 * Aligarh Muslim University Act
 * Charitable and Religious Trusts Act
 * Indian Red Cross Society Act

January to June

 * 12 February – Pran, actor (died 2013).
 * 16 February – I. S. Johar, actor, writer, producer and director (died 1984).
 * 7 April – Ravi Shankar, sitar player and composer (died 2012).
 * 14 June – Acharya Shri Mahapragya 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (died 2010)

July to December

 * 14 July – Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2004).
 * 1 August – Annabhau Sathe, social reformer and writer (died 1969).
 * 19 October – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer, who founded the Swadhyay Movement (died 2003).
 * 27 October – K. R. Narayanan, politician and 10th President of India (died 2005).
 * 17 November – Gemini Ganesan, actor (died 2005).

Full date unknown

 * Bharat Bhushan, actor (died 1992).

Deaths

 * 26 April – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (born 1887).
 * 1 August – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (born 1856).
 * 30 November – Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, freedom fighter, co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia and founder of the Silk Letter Movement (born 1851)