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CHINA - OPIUM WARS

January 20, 1841: China ceded Hong Kong to Great Britain after the Opium War.

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FAREED RAFIQ ZAKARIA

January 20 - Birthday

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GURDAS MAAN

January 20, 2007: Near Karnal, Haryana, India he escaped with minor injuries on his face, hands and chest when his car was hit and severely damaged by a truck.

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HRITHIK ROSHAN

January 20, 2011: A life-size wax figure of Roshan was installed at London's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum on this day, making him the fifth Indian actor to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum.

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INDIA - ARUNACHAL PRADESH

January 20, 1972: It became the Union Territory of India on this day.

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INDIAN DEFENCE : AGNI-IV MISSILES

January 20, 2014: It was again successfully test fired on this day.

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INDIA-DEFENCE-MISSILES-BRAHMOS

January 20, 2009 - BrahMos was tested with a new navigation system but it failed to hit the target.

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INDIAN NAVY
INS VIKRAMADITYA

January 20, 2004: The carrier was ordered for purchase by India on this day after years of negotiations at a final price of $2.35 billion.

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KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN
(Frontier Gandhi)

January 20 - Death Anniversary

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MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN

January 20, 1985: He made his ODI match debut on this day; against England.

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PARVEEN BABI

January 20 - Death Anniversary

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QURRATULAIN HYDER

January 20 - Birth Anniversary

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SUDHIR NAYAK

January 20, 2010: ‘Saraswat Yuva Puraskar’ for excellence in the field of culture at the Yuva Sammelan, Mangalore

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TEJ BAHADUR SAPRU

January 20 - Death Anniversary

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VIRAT KOHLI

January 20, 2016: He scored a century in ODI match against Australia in Australia. On this day, he was involved in a 200-run partnership for the eighth time, the most by any cricketer in ODIs, eclipsing the previous best of seven each by Sri Lankan Upul Tharanga and Australia’s Ricky Ponting. Virat alongside Shikhar Dhawan put on 212 runs for the second wicket against the Kangaroos at Canberra in a losing cause in January 2016.

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