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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 11/18/1727 |
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. |
| 11/18/1772 |
Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him. |
| 11/18/1839 |
P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur. |
| 11/18/1898 |
Prabodhchandra Bagchi, researcher of ""Ancient History of India"", was born. |
| 11/18/1901 |
V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 11/18/1911 |
Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 11/18/1925 |
Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 11/18/1936 |
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 11/18/1937 |
1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
| 11/18/1937 |
Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 11/18/1948 |
Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 11/18/1955 |
Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi. |
| 11/18/1960 |
Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 11/18/1961 |
The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa . |
| 11/18/1964 |
Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 11/18/1972 |
Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
| 11/18/1973 |
Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914. |
| 11/18/1974 |
Telex Service started between India and Pakistan. |
| 11/18/1974 |
Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away. |
| 11/18/1978 |
Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 11/18/1988 |
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit. |
| 11/18/1991 |
In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 11/18/1994 |
Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years. |
| 11/18/1997 |
School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
| 11/18/1997 |
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. |
| 11/18/1997 |
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. |
| 11/18/1999 |
Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case. |
| 11/18/1999 |
Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 11/18/2000 |
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. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 7/13/1990 | Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana. |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
| 5/26/1946 | Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances. |
| 10/2/1952 | Community Development Programme started. |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/27/1989 | Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
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