1966 in India - Events

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.

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