'1966: Key Events

• Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister, after the Tashkent peace talks followed by the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.

• Punjab is divided into Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

• Devaluation of the rupee by 36. 5%. A growing number of political groups, both Left and Right, marginalise parliamentary politics and embark on violent protests. The Communists’ emphasis on extra-parliamentary ‘mass struggle’ is emulated by a variety of regionalist, ethnic and communal groups.

• The FICCI considers a proposal to raise a large election fund to support a ‘business party’.

• ​Ghatak joins the ​FTII in Pune.

• Karnataka Chief Minister Veerendra Patil initates a scheme to subsidise all films made in the state. The initial subsidy is Rs. 50,000 for b&w and Rs. 1 lakh for a colour film.

• The Dolton Press, part of B. Nagi Reddy’s publishing empire, starts the journal Bommai (edited by B. Vishwanatha Reddy) in Tamil.

• The Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime- Achievement Awards are started.

• The first Dogri film is Kumar Kuldip’s Gallan Hoyian Beetiyan.

• The North Calcutta Film Society starts the quarterly Chitravash and publishes special issues on, e. g. , Nemai Ghosh and ​Rajen Tarafdar.

• The Cine Club in Calcutta starts the occasional journal Kino in English.