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Today Importance - 18th November

18-November-1727

Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amer laid the foundation stone of Jaipur city. Vidyadhar Chakraborty of Bengal was the architect of India's first planned city.

18-November-1772

Madhav Rao Peshwa (4th Peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayan also became his successor.

18-November-1839

Nainital was discovered by P. Baron, a European sugar trader and a keen hunter of Roja near Shahjahanpur. As soon as he caught a glimpse of the sylvan setting of the lake, he realized its potential as a mountain resort and moved in full force to populate it. Noting the beauty of the sparkling lake, he wrote: "This is the finest site I have ever seen during 1,500 miles of trekking in the Himalayas".

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The history of Nainital is also recorded in ancient India. In the Manas section of the Skanda Purana, the Nainital lake is called Tri-Rishi-Sarovar, which alludes to the story of three sages (or sages), Atri, Pulastya and Pulaha, who dug a large pit in Nainital when they could not find Was. Water. In place of the present lake (sarovar = lake), this sacred lake of Tibet is filled with the water of Manasarovar. According to legend, a dip in Naini Lake, "Lower Manasarovar", is equivalent to a dip in the Great Lake.

It is also believed that the eyes (or nine) of Sati fell in Naini Lake, one of the 64 Shaktipeeths, which is called Naini-tal or the lake of eyes. Goddess Shakti is worshiped in the Naina Devi temple on the northern bank of the present lake.

18-November-1898

Birth of Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, researcher of "Ancient History of India". He is one of the most important Sino-Indologists of the 20th century. He was the third Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati University. He has worked on Sanskrit Buddhist literature, ancient remains of Indian civilization in Central Asia, Chinese Buddhist literature, ancient Pali texts, Avestan sagas.

18-November-1901

V Shantaram also known as Shantaram Bapu, full name Shantaram Rajaram Vanakudre, a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor, was a true legend. He is known for films like Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Amar Bhupali (1951), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haat (1957), Navrang (1959), Duniya Na Mane (1937). Is. , ), Pinjra (1972), and many others. He also established the country's most state-of-the-art studio "Rajkamal Kalamandir" in Mumbai.

18-November-1911

Free primary school education was started.

18-November-1925

Famous writer and film director Madhukar Gopal Pathak was born.

18-November-1936

Great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, eminent writer and leader V.O. Chidambaram Pillai passed away.

18-November-1937

Following Gandhi's appeal, 1,100 prisoners were released, his first political act of the year.

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18-November-1937

Rajinder Pal, cricketer (fast bowler India vs England, 0-22 in one Test), born in Delhi.

18-November-1948

About 500 people drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan capsized and fell into the Ganges near Patna.

18-November-1955

Top Soviet leaders of the USSR Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev visited New Delhi for the first time.

18-November-1960

Assam's famous nature poet Raghunath Chaudhary passed away.

18-November-1961

The Navy swung into action under the leadership of Rear Admiral BS Soman, the then Flag Officer Commanding of the Indian Navy. The ships conducted missions in three geographical areas to liberate Goa.

18-November-1964

Dharam Veera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He remained on this post till 27-06-1966.

18-November-1972

The tiger was adopted as the 'national animal' of India.

18-November-1973

Mataji of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry passed away. He came to India in 1914.

18-November-1974

Telex service started between India and Pakistan.

18-November-1974

Famous storyteller Rajni Panikar passed away.

18-November-1978

Film producer, writer, director and actor Dhirendra Ganguly passed away.

18-November-1988

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reached Delhi on a three-day visit.

18-November-1991

In the by-elections, Congress won 8 Lok Sabha seats and lost in the UP Assembly, where BJP got an absolute majority.

18-November-1994

Army Chief and General Bipin Chandra Joshi passed away at the age of 54.

18-November-1997

28 children died after school bus drowned in Yamuna in Delhi

18-November-1997

Puttabhiramma of Ishvath Ashram Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore has been awarded the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for her lifelong exemplary service to poor helpless women, especially deaf and mute girl children.

18-November-1997

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reached New Delhi. Ms Albright said she had raised the 'extremely important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.

18-Nov-1999

Sonia Gandhi appealed to the President in Nalini's case.

18-Nov-1999

Three terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, were killed in a fierce encounter with the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.

18-Nov-2000

Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has said that there will be no reduction in income tax rates in the next budget and indicated that the reform process will continue.