1957 in India

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Events in the year 1957 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru

Events

• India passes a bill making Kashmir under its control as part of the Union.
• 5 April - First elected government of Kerala. Communist Party of India won the elections and E. M. S. Namboodiripad became the first chief minister of united Kerala.
• Parliament passes the Copyright Act of 1957

Sport

• Balbir Singh Sr. became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri.

Births

• 22 August - Deepti Naval, actress.
• Thomas Zacharia, computational scientist.
• Sardar Rajpal Singh Khakh, landlord.

Deaths

• 5 April - Alagappa Chettiar, businessman and philanthropist (born 1909).
• 30 August - N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (born 1908).

See also

• Bollywood films of 1957

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