1966 in India
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Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Incumbents

  • President of India
    President of India
    The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

     – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , OM, FBA was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the second President of India ....

  • Prime Minister of India
    Prime Minister of India
    The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...

     – Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...

     January 11, Gulzarilal Nanda
    Gulzarilal Nanda
    Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and an economist with specialization in labour problems. He was the interim Prime Minister of India twice for thirteen days each: the first time after the death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, and the second time after the death of Prime...

     until January 24 (acting Prime Minister), Indira Gandhi
    Indira Gandhi
    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...


Events

  • 3 January - Prime Minister of India
    Prime Minister of India
    The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...

     Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...

     and President of Pakistan
    President of Pakistan
    The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...

     Ayub Khan sign a Soviet-mediated peace pact in Tashkent
    Tashkent
    Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...

    , Uzbek S.S.R.
  • 11 January - Prime Minister Shastri dies of heart attack
    Myocardial infarction
    Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

     in Tashkent
    Tashkent
    Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...

    .
  • 19 January - Supported by provincial Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

     chief ministers, Indira Gandhi
    Indira Gandhi
    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

     becomes prime minister.
  • 28 March - Indira Gandhi
    Indira Gandhi
    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

     visits Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

    .
  • 19 June: Shiv Sena
    Shiv Sena
    Shiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...

     founded by Bal Thackeray
    Bal Thackeray
    Bal Keshav Thackeray , popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray, is an Indian politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, and Marathi ethnocentric party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.Born in Pune, Thackeray began his professional career...

    .
  • 12 July - Indira Gandhi
    Indira Gandhi
    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

     visits Moscow.
  • 17 November - Reita Faria
    Reita Faria
    Reita Faria Powell became the first Indian to win the Miss World title, in 1966. After winning the Miss Bombay crown earlier that year, she won the Eve's Weekly Miss India contest .After her one year tenure, she refused modeling and films and instead concentrated...

    , Femina Miss India is crowned Miss World 1966
    Miss World 1966
    Miss World 1966, the 16th Miss World pageant, was won by Reita Faria of India. It took place on November 17, 1966 at the Lyceum Theatre in London, UK.-Results:-Contestants:*' - Graciela Guardone*' - Reina Patricia Hernandez...

    , the first Indian to win the title.

Births

  • 11 January - Sunil Kumar Mahato
    Sunil Kumar Mahato
    Sunil Kumar Mahato was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. A member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha political party, he represented the constituency of Jamshedpur in the eastern state of Jharkhand....

    , politician, assassinated (d.2007
    2007 in India
    -Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam until July 25, Pratibha Patil* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* January–November – Nandigram violence - Clashes between opposition parties, the governing Communist Party of India and police in Nandigram, West Bengal...

    ).
  • 3 March - Amira Abraham, novelist.
  • 3 May - Firdous Bamji
    Firdous Bamji
    Firdous Bamji is an Indian-American actor.-Personal life:Bamji was born in Mumbai, India and attended Kodaikanal International School, a small American boarding school in the mountains of South India. He also grew up in Bahrain and South Carolina. Bamji now lives in New York City and...

    , actor.
  • 14 July - Sachin Puthran
    Sachin Puthran
    Sachindra Puthran is the founder of Thatz It Pvt Ltd, Mumbai.After his BSc in Microbiology in 1986, to explore his creative side, he pursued Bachelors in Fine Arts at Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art where he received a Gold Medal for his excellent artistic understanding. After his double...

    , enterpreneur.
  • 28 August - Priya Dutt
    Priya Dutt
    Priya Dutt Roncon is an Indian politician. She was first time elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra on 22 November 2005, representing the Indian National Congress party...

    , politician.
  • September - Faisal Khan
    Faisal Khan
    Faisal Khan is a Bollywood actor. He is the brother of Aamir Khan, Farhat Khan and Nikhat Khan who is a producer. His father Tahir Hussain was a producer; his uncle Nasir Hussain was a director.-Career:...

    , actor.
  • 5 December - Dayanidhi Maran
    Dayanidhi Maran
    Dayanidhi Maran is a member of parliament in India’s 15th Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency and Additional Deputy Leader of DMK. He was also the Minister for Textiles in the Union Cabinet, and has also served as the as the Minister for Communications and Information Technology before that...

    , politician.

Deaths

  • 11 January - Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Lal Bahadur Srivastava Shastri was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.-Early life:...

    , politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India
    Prime Minister of India
    The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...

     (b.1904
    1904 in India
    -Births:*28 March - Chittor V. Nagaiah, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer .*8 August - Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ....

    ).
  • 21 January - Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, Educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, The President of India
    President of India
    The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

     (b.1905
    1905 in India
    Events in the year 1905 in India.-Births:*2 January - Jainendra Kumar, novelist .*16 January - Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, Educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S...

    ).
  • Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
    Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak
    Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak was an influential Telugu poet, novelist and short story writer.Initially his poetry, as in his first anthology, Prabhatamu-Sandhya , was written in the romantic vein popular in Indian poetry of the early and mid-20th century...

    , poet, novelist and short story writer (b.1921
    1921 in India
    Events in the year 1921 in India.-Events:*23 December – Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.*The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, arrives in India. Upon his arrival in Bombay there is widespread agitation...

    ).

See also

  • Bollywood films of 1966
    Bollywood films of 1966
    A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1966:-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1966:-1966:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database*...

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