1966 in India

1966 in India

"See also:"
1965 in India, other events of 1966, 1967 in India and the
Timeline of Indian history.

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, DC.
*19 June: Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray.
*12 July - Indira Gandhi visits Moscow.

Full date unknown

*Reita Faria, Femina Miss India is crowned Miss World, the first Indian to win the title.

port

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

Births

*11 January - Sunil Kumar Mahato, politician, assassinated (d.2007).
*3 May - Firdous Bamji, actor.
*28 August - Priya Dutt, politician.
*September - Faisal Khan, actor.
*5 December - Dayanidhi Maran, politician.

Deaths

*11 January - Lal Bahadur Shastri, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India (b.1904).


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