18 April in Hindu history
18 April 133618 April 1859
Vijayanagara founded on the Tungabhadra
Harihara and Bukka, sons of Sangama, found Vijayanagara on the south bank of the Tungabhadra with the blessing of Vidyaranya of Sringeri. 18 April 1336 is the date traditionally given; the empire held the south for over two centuries.
Tatya Tope hanged at Shivpuri
After nearly a year of guerrilla war across central India, Tatya Tope is betrayed while asleep, tried and hanged at Shivpuri.
18 April 1930
18–22 April 1930Chittagong armoury raid
Surya Sen, Masterda, leads young revolutionaries in seizing the police and auxiliary armouries at Chittagong. Days later they fight British troops on Jalalabad hill.
Chittagong Armoury Raid
A schoolteacher named Surya Sen led some sixty young men and boys to seize the armouries of Chittagong and declare a provisional revolutionary government.