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Historical Event on 11/18/1772
Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1772 | Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar. |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 1/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
| 3/1/1993 | India develops Phased Array Radars critical for its ""Akash"" surface-to-air missile and launches its indigenous main battle tank 'Arjun'. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
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