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Wars, the Green Revolution & the Emergency

India · 1966Shastri dies at Tashkent; Indira Gandhi becomes India's first woman Prime Minister

Lal Bahadur Shastri died at Tashkent hours after signing peace with Pakistan, and Indira Gandhi became India's first woman Prime Minister. A balance-of-payments crisis led to a steep rupee devaluation, the High-Yielding Varieties Programme marked the practical onset of the Green Revolution, Punjab was reorganised, and a major Mizo insurgency erupted in the Northeast.

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Key figures

Lal Bahadur Shastri — Prime Minister who signed the Tashkent Declaration and died at Tashkent on 11 January 1966; first Indira Gandhi — became India's first woman Prime Minister on 24 January 1966Gulzarilal Nanda — twice interim Prime Minister and Home Minister who resigned after the November 1966 agitationHomi J. Bhabha — architect of India's nuclear programme, died on 24 January 1966C. Subramaniam — Food and Agriculture Minister who championed the Green Revolution and HYV strategyMorarji Desai — Indira Gandhi's challenger in the Congress leadership contest and first chairman of the Administrative R

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