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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 |
| 2/11/1993 | Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25. |
| 4/24/1974 | Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
| 12/27/1977 | The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/4/1992 | The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 4/8/2000 | Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 12/12/1999 | Ram Prakash Gupta, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, said Ram temple issue is still on BJP's agenda. |
| 4/8/1946 | HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island. |
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