Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents Photo Post Name President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri(Prime Minister until 11 January) Gulzarilal Nandauntil 24 January (acting Prime Minister) Indira Gandhi Vice President of India Zakir Husain Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkaruntil 24 January Amal Kumar Sarkar15 March – 29 June Koka Subba Raostarting 30 June
Governors Post Name Andhra Pradesh Pattom A. Thanu Pillai Assam Vishnu Sahay Bihar M. A. S. Ayyangar Gujarat Nityanand Kanungo Haryana Dharma Vira (starting 1 November) Jammu and Kashmir Bhagwan Sahay Karnataka V. V. Giri Kerala Ajith Prasad Jain (until 6 February)Bhagwan Sahay (starting 6 February) Madhya Pradesh K. Chengalaraya Reddy (until 2 February)P. V. Dixit (2 February-9 February)K. Chengalaraya Reddy (starting 10 February) Maharashtra P V Cherian Nagaland Vishnu Sahay Odisha Ajudhia Nath Khosla (until 5 August)Khaleel Ahmed (5 August-11 September)Ajudhia Nath Khosla (starting 11 September) Punjab Sardar Ujjal Singh (until 26 June)Dharma Vira (starting 26 June) Rajasthan Sampurnanand Uttar Pradesh Bishwanath Das
Events National income - 321,058 million January - May 3 January – Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan agree to the Tashkent Declaration, a peace pact mediated by the Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin 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. 24 January - Air India Flight 101 crashed into Mont Blanc killing the 117 passengers including Homi J. Bhabha who was in the flight. There was a similar aviation accident in the same spot in 1950. 5 March - Indian Air Force bombs Aizawl following Mizo National Front uprising. 28 March – Indira Gandhi visits Washington, D.C. 20 April – Lumding Train Bombing occurs on the North-East Frontier Railway.Members from all sections of the Lok Sabha express deep concern (April 21, 1966) - The Times of India
June - December 6 June - First Indira Gandhi ministry devalues Indian rupee by 57%. 10 June - President of India promulgates Jayanti Shipping Company (Taking Over of Management) Ordinance, 1966 to take over shipping company owned by Jayanti Dharma Teja. 19 June: Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray. 12 July – Indira Gandhi visits Moscow. 7 November - 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation and ensuing violence took place. 17 November – Reita Faria, [Eve's Weekly Miss India] is crowned Miss World 1966, the first Indian to win the title.
Law 27 August – Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India takes effect.R. C. Bhardwaj, Constitution Amendment in India; New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat, January 1995; pp. 37–39. 11 December – Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India takes effect. 22 December – Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of India takes effect. 29 December – Enactment of Seeds Act, creating central administration to oversee and certify seeds.N. T. Krishna Kishore, "Enhancement of Production by Development of Resources in Critical Production Operations in Multi Crop Seed Conditioning Unit"; International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications 2.3, March, 2012.
Sport Krishan Lal, (field hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.
Births 3 January – Chetan Sharma, cricketer 11 January – Sunil Kumar Mahato, politician, assassinated (d.2007). 22 January - Kesineni Srinivas, politician and member of parliament from Vijayawada. 28 January – Anjani Kumar, 1990 batch IPS officer 22 February – Babu Antony, actor and martial artist. 24 March - Galla Jayadev, politician and member of parliament from Guntur. 30 March Vikraman, film director. 17 April – Vikram, actor. 3 May – Firdous Bamji, actor. 15 May – M. Kumaran, politician. 30 May – Rajinder Garg, politician. 8 July Revathi, actress. 14 July – Sachin Puthran, entrepreneur. 28 August – Priya Dutt, politician. 1 September - Sonam Wangchuk, Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist. 12 September - Pramod Kureel, politician 26 September - Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, spiritual leader 29 September - Om Malik, technology journalist (d. 2026) 24 October Nadhiya, actress. 30 October – K. V. Anand, cinematographer and film director (d. 2021) 28 November – P. Ravi Shankar, actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. 5 December – Dayanidhi Maran, politician.
Full date unknown Raj Kamal Jha, novelist and journalist. September – Faisal Khan, actor.
Deaths 11 January – Lal Bahadur Shastri, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904). Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, poet, novelist and short story writer (b. 1921). 24 January – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian nuclear physicist. 26 February - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian Freedom Fighter (b. 1883).
See also Bollywood films of 1966 :Category:1966 establishments in India
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