1957 in India

none March 2022 April 2022 1957 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.July 2, 2007 1957: Second Five Year Plan was incorporated https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20070702-1957-second-five-year-plan-748253-2007-07-02 2022-04-14 India Today en April 1 - Second Nehru ministry adopts Decimalisation of Indian rupee and discontinue the concept of anna coin system.Doctor Vikram The forgotten anniversary of decimalisation The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/the-forgotten-anniversary-of-decimalisation/articleshow/2659901.cms 2022-04-14 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.December 15, 2021 K. K. Kailash From the archives: E.M.S. Namboodiripad, a very contemporary Marxist https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-e-m-s-namboodiripad-a-very-contemporary-marxist-1888241-2021-12-15 2022-04-14 India Today en August 25 - Indian Polo Team won the Polo World cup held at France.IPA History https://ipa.co.in/user/history.php 2022-04-14 ipa.co.in2017-05-19 Jaipur 'maharaja' Sawai Padmanabh Singh to represent India in Polo World Cup https://www.pinkcitypost.com/jaipur-maharaja-sawai-pradhyuman-singh-represent-india-polo-world-cup/ 2022-04-14 The PinkCity Post en-GB September 1 - Indian Air Force inducts its first jet bomber Canberra at Squadron 5, Agra.2017-09-01 60 years since IAF’s Canberra jets were first deployed; the history of India’s war horse https://indianexpress.com/article/india/60-years-since-iafs-canberra-jets-were-first-deployed-the-history-of-indias-war-horse-4823768/ 2022-04-14 The Indian Express enIndian Air Force marks 60 years of its Canberra bombers https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-air-force-marks-60-years-of-its-canberra-bombers/836441/ 2022-04-14 Financialexpress en31 August 2017 Chethan Kumar indian air force: IAF’s first generation jet bomber Canberra turns 60 tomorrow India News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iafs-1st-gen-bomber-canberra-turns-60-tomorrow/articleshow/60309964.cms 2022-04-14 The Times of India en December 4 - Hindustan Shipyard delivers its first passenger cum cargo vessel M V Andaman.Hindustan Shipyard Limited - Saga by jonnala nagireddy - Issuu https://issuu.com/media360/docs/hsl_book 2022-04-14 issuu.com en Date not known V. S. Wakankar discovers Bhimbetka rock shelter cave paintings. Venugopal Vasudha RSS to honour man who discovered Bhimbetka caves The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rss-to-honour-man-who-discovered-bhimbetka-caves/articleshow/71798687.cms?from=mdr 2022-04-14 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 References 1957 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1950s in India Category:1957 in Asia