1957 in India
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Events in the year 1957 in the Republic of India.
Contents
Incumbents
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).