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Centuries:
18th • 19th •
20th
• 21st
Decades:
1930s • 1940s •
1950s
• 1960s • 1970s
See also:
Other events of 1957
List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history
Events in the year
1957
in the
Republic of India
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Sport
4
Births
5
Deaths
6
See also
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 (b.
1909
).
30 August -
N. S. Krishnan
, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (b.
1908
).
See also
Bollywood films of 1957
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