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Events in the year 1966 in the Republic of India.
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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