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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
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
2/26/1946Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.