1966
in
India

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

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 Nanda
until 24 January (acting Prime Minister)
Indira Gandhi
Vice President of India Zakir Husain
Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkar
until 24 January
Amal Kumar Sarkar
15 March – 29 June
Koka Subba Rao
starting 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

June - December

Law

Sport

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

See also

References

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