| 20-November-1572 |
| Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration. |
| 20-November-1760 |
| Phattesingh Bhosle passed away. |
| 20-November-1859 |
| Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
| 20-November-1888 |
| Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 20-November-1902 |
| Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws. |
| 20-November-1907 |
| Railroad workers strike in India. |
| 20-November-1917 |
| J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 20-November-1917 |
| Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born. |
| 20-November-1930 |
| With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for "untouchables". |
| 20-November-1942 |
| Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26. |
| 20-November-1946 |
| Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 20-November-1947 |
| Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi. |
| 20-November-1955 |
| Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand. |
| 20-November-1955 |
| Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 20-November-1967 |
| First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 20-November-1969 |
| Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur. |
| 20-November-1969 |
| The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings. |
| 20-November-1981 |
| Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis. |
| 20-November-1989 |
| Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of "Kirana Gharana", passed away. |
| 20-November-1990 |
| Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 20-November-1990 |
| Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order. |
| 20-November-1993 |
| RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd. |
| 20-November-1997 |
| Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding. |
| 20-November-1998 |
| Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. |
| 20-November-1998 |
| V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai. |
| 20-November-1999 |
| P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 20-November-1999 |
| Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha |