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Historical Event on 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.

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6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
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10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
9/11/1967China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border.
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
10/12/1976Kumarnath Bagchi, famous Indian chemist, died.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.