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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