1966 in India
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Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India.
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[edit] Incumbents
- President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Prime Minister of India – Lal Bahadur Shastri January 11, Gulzarilal Nanda until January 24 (acting Prime Minister), Indira Gandhi
[edit] Events
- 3 January - Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan sign a Soviet-mediated peace pact in Tashkent, Uzbek S.S.R.
- 11 January - Prime Minister Shastri dies of heart attack in Tashkent.
- 19 January - Supported by provincial Congress chief ministers, Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
- 28 March - Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C..
- 19 June: Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray.
- 12 July - Indira Gandhi visits Moscow.
- 17 November - Reita Faria, Femina Miss India is crowned Miss World 1966, the first Indian to win the title.
[edit] Sport
- Krishan Lal, (field hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.
[edit] Births
- 11 January - Sunil Kumar Mahato, politician, assassinated (d.2007).
- 3 March - Amira Abraham, novelist.
- 3 May - Firdous Bamji, actor.
- 14 July - Sachin Puthran, enterpreneur.
- 28 August - Priya Dutt, politician.
- September - Faisal Khan, actor.
- 5 December - Dayanidhi Maran, politician.
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- Raj Kamal Jha, novelist and journalist.
[edit] Deaths
- 11 January - Lal Bahadur Shastri, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India (b.1904).
- 21 January - Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, Educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, The President of India (b.1905).
- Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, poet, novelist and short story writer (b.1921).
[edit] See also
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