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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
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
3/3/1939Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
9/29/19881988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.