Events in the year 1957 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad Prime Minister of India – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Chief Justice of India – Sudhi Ranjan Das
Governors Andhra Pradesh – Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (until 1 August), Bhim Sen Sachar (starting 1 August) Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali Bihar – R. R. Diwakar (until 5 July), Zakir Hussain (starting 5 July) Maharashtra – Sri Prakasa Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Mysore – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Madhya Pradesh – Pattabhi Sitaramayya (until 13 June), Hari Vinayak Pataskar (starting 13 June) Orissa – Bhim Sen Sachar (until 31 July), Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar (starting 31 July) Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu
Events National income - 137,104 million January 26 - Portuguese Indian troops open fire at TarakPardi in Bombay State for securing right of pass between enclaves of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. April 1 - Second Nehru ministry adopts Decimalisation of Indian rupee and discontinue the concept of anna coin system. April 5 – 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. August 25 - Indian Polo Team won the Polo World cup held at France. September 1 - Indian Air Force inducts its first jet bomber Canberra at Squadron 5, Agra. December 4 - Hindustan Shipyard delivers its first passenger cum cargo vessel M V Andaman.
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V. S. Wakankar discovers Bhimbetka rock shelter cave paintings. Hirakud dam opened
Law India passes a bill making Kashmir under its control as part of the Union. Copyright Act
Sport Balbir Singh Sr. became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri.
Births 1 February – Jackie Shroff, actor. 10 March – Thanu Padmanabhan, theoretical physicist and cosmologist (d. 2021) 20 October – Dennis Joseph, scriptwriter and director (d. 2021) Thomas Zacharia, computational scientist.
Deaths 5 April – Alagappa Chettiar, businessman and philanthropist (born 1909). 30 August – N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (born 1908). 5 December – Hussain Ahmad Madani, Islamic scholar (born 1879).
See also List of Bollywood films of 1957
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