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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
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
7/11/1832British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.