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{{Year in India|1957}}<br />
Events in the year '''1957 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Dr. Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
* [[Vice President of India]] – [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] – [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]] (until 1 August), [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] (starting 1 August)<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Saiyid Fazal Ali]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[R. R. Diwakar]] (until 5 July), [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] (starting 5 July)<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] – [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] – [[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] – [[Pattabhi Sitaramayya]] (until 13 June), [[Hari Vinayak Pataskar]] (starting 13 June)<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Sri Prakasa]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] (until 31 July), [[Y. N. Sukthankar|Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar]] (starting 31 July)<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] – [[Gurumukh Nihal Singh]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] – [[Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]] <br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] – [[Padmaja Naidu]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}137,104 million<br />
* January 26 - [[Portuguese India|Portuguese Indian]] troops open fire at TarakPardi in [[Bombay State]] for securing right of pass between enclaves of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2007 |title=1957: Second Five Year Plan was incorporated |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20070702-1957-second-five-year-plan-748253-2007-07-02 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
* April 1 - [[Second Nehru ministry]] adopts [[Decimalisation]] of [[Indian rupee]] and discontinue the concept of [[Anna (monetary subunit)|anna coin system.]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doctor |first=Vikram |title=The forgotten anniversary of decimalisation |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/the-forgotten-anniversary-of-decimalisation/articleshow/2659901.cms |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref><br />
* 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2021 |first=K. K. |last=Kailash |title=From the archives: E.M.S. Namboodiripad, a very contemporary Marxist |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/from-the-archives-e-m-s-namboodiripad-a-very-contemporary-marxist-1888241-2021-12-15 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
* August 25 - [[Indian Polo Association|Indian Polo Team]] won the [[Polo]] World cup held at [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPA {{!}} History |url=https://ipa.co.in/user/history.php |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=ipa.co.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-19 |title=Jaipur 'maharaja' Sawai Padmanabh Singh to represent India in Polo World Cup |url=https://www.pinkcitypost.com/jaipur-maharaja-sawai-pradhyuman-singh-represent-india-polo-world-cup/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The PinkCity Post |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* September 1 - [[Indian Air Force]] inducts its first [[Bomber|jet bomber]] [[English Electric Canberra|Canberra]] at Squadron 5, [[Agra]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-01 |title=60 years since IAF’s Canberra jets were first deployed; the history of India’s war horse |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/60-years-since-iafs-canberra-jets-were-first-deployed-the-history-of-indias-war-horse-4823768/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Air Force marks 60 years of its Canberra bombers |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-air-force-marks-60-years-of-its-canberra-bombers/836441/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2017 |first=Chethan |last=Kumar |title=indian air force: IAF’s first generation jet bomber Canberra turns 60 tomorrow {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iafs-1st-gen-bomber-canberra-turns-60-tomorrow/articleshow/60309964.cms |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
* December 4 - [[Hindustan Shipyard]] delivers its first passenger cum cargo vessel ''M V Andaman.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Shipyard Limited - Saga by jonnala nagireddy - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/media360/docs/hsl_book |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Date not known ===<br />
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* [[V. S. Wakankar]] discovers [[Bhimbetka rock shelters|Bhimbetka rock shelter cave paintings.]]<br />
* <ref>{{Cite news |last=Venugopal |first=Vasudha |title=RSS to honour man who discovered Bhimbetka caves |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rss-to-honour-man-who-discovered-bhimbetka-caves/articleshow/71798687.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref> Hirakud dam opened<br />
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==Law==<br />
* India passes a bill making [[Kashmir]] under its control as part of the Union.<br />
* Copyright Act<br />
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==Sport==<br />
*[[Balbir Singh Sr.]] became the first hockey player to be awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
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==Births==<br />
*1 February – [[Jackie Shroff]], actor.<br />
*10 March – [[Thanu Padmanabhan]], theoretical physicist and cosmologist (d. 2021)<br />
*20 October – [[Dennis Joseph]], scriptwriter and director (d. 2021)<br />
*[[Thomas Zacharia]], computational scientist.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*5 April – [[Alagappa Chettiar]], businessman and philanthropist (born 1909).<br />
*30 August – [[N. S. Krishnan]], comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (born 1908).<br />
*5 December – [[Hussain Ahmad Madani]], Islamic scholar (born 1879).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1957]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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