18 November in Hindu history
18 November 172718 November 1772
Jaipur founded by Sawai Jai Singh II
The foundation of Jaipur is laid on a grid plan drawn up with the architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, following the Shilpa Shastra. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Peshwa Madhavrao I dies at Theur
Madhavrao I, who rebuilt Maratha power after Panipat, dies of tuberculosis at twenty-seven before the Chintamani Ganesh at Theur. Grant Duff wrote that the plains of Panipat were not more fatal to the Maratha empire than his early end.