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Historical Event on 11/3/1966

Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1966Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.
1/16/1995Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.