Today History Nov 18

Today India history

18-November-1727           Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.

18-November-1772           Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.

18-November-1839           P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.

18-November-1898           Prabodhchandra Bagchi, researcher of ""Ancient History of India"", was born

18-November-1901           V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.

18-November-1911           Free primary school education is introduced.

18-November-1925           Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.

18-November-1936           V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.

18-November-1937           1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year.

18-November-1937           Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi.

18-November-1948           Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.

18-November-1955           Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.

18-November-1960           Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.

18-November-1961           The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet.

18-November-1964           Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966

18-November-1972           Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'

18-November-1973           Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away.

18-November-1974           Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.

18-November-1974           Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.

18-November-1978           Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.

18-November-1988           Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.

18-November-1991           In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.

18-November-1994           Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.

18-November-1997           School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.

18-November-1997           Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children.

18-November-1997           US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.

18-November-1999           Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.

18-November-1999           Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.

18-November-2000           Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.