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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 |
| 12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
| 9/4/1952 | India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached. |
| 12/1/1947 | India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 2/16/1986 | The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails. |
| 7/17/1903 | Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born. |
| 11/25/1987 | India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24. |
| 9/1/1934 | Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
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