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Historical Event on 11/17/1966

India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
1/11/1998C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
11/7/1912Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, social reformer, was born at Travancore.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
12/15/1999The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.