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| 1966, Jan. 4–10 |
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| Conferences at Tashkent between the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers, under the auspices of Soviet premier Aleksey Kosygin. They agreed to restore normal relations and withdraw troops to the lines of Aug. 1965, but without a settlement of the Kashmir issue. | 1 |
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| Jan. 11 |
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| Death of Prime Minister Shastri, of a heart attack. | 2 |
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| Jan. 19 |
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| Mrs. Indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru, was elected leader of the Congress Party and prime minister. | 3 |
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| March 28–29 |
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| Mrs. Gandhi's visit to Washington, London (April 1), and Moscow (April 2). She continued the policy of nonalignment and acceptance of economic aid wherever possible. The acute food shortage continued throughout the year. | 4 |
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| June 5 |
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| Devaluation of the rupee by 36.5 percent. | 5 |
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| Oct |
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| An epidemic of student riots and strikes. Several universities were closed. | 6 |
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| Nov. 1 |
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| Creation of two Sikh states, one Punjabi-speaking, the other (Hariana) Hindi-speaking. | 7 |
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