18 September in Hindu history
18 September 1857
Raja Shankar Shah and Raghunath Shah blown from cannon
The Gond king of Garha-Mandla and his son, arrested for poems calling for revolt, are tied to cannon mouths and killed at Jabalpur.
18 September 1900
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam born in Mauritius
The grandson of indentured labourers from Bihar is born at Belle Rive. He leads Mauritius to independence in 1968 and becomes its first Prime Minister.