1966 in India

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Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India.

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

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.

Sport

• Krishan Lal, (field hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.

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.

Full date unknown

• Raj Kamal Jha, novelist and journalist.

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).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1966