Today In History 20th January: Talking about film production, India is one of the countries producing the most films in the world in terms of numbers and cinematographers play an important role in the production of every film. Dadasaheb Phalke Award was established in the year 1969 to reward those who have made significant contribution in film production and the great cinematographer of the film world VK Murthy was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2008. This was the first time that a cinematographer was awarded this top honor of the film world. People of the previous generation will be aware of the name of VK Murthy. Cinematographer VK Murthy, who shot Guru Dutt’s best black and white films ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chand’, ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’ and ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam’, released between 1957 and 1962, was selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2008. And he was given this award on 20 January 2010. A cinematographer had to wait a long time to receive this highest honor in the film industry.
The sequential details of other important events recorded on the date of January 20 in the history of the country and the world are as follows:-
- 1817: Establishment of Calcutta Hindu College. At present it is known as Presidency College.
- 1957: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the country’s first nuclear reactor Apsara established at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay (Bombay).
- 1961: US President John F Kennedy gave a historic speech, in which he told the countrymen, “Don’t ask what your country can do for you, but tell what you can do for your country.”
- 1972: Arunachal Pradesh, which was earlier North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), became a Union Territory and Meghalaya was given state status.
- 1981: Hostage crisis ends in Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini released 52 Americans who had been held hostage for 15 months.
- 1988: Death of freedom fighter Bharat Ratna Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
- 2009: Barack Obama became the 44th President of America. He was the first American of African origin to hold this position.
- 2018: India won the title for the second consecutive time in the Cricket World Cup played among the blind.
- 2021: Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of America.
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