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{{Year in India|1958}}<br />
Events in the year '''1958 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[President of India]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
* [[Prime Minister of India]] – [[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]] – [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – [[Saiyid Fazal Ali]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] <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]] – [[Hari Vinayak Pataskar]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] – [[Sri Prakasa]]<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] – [[Bhim Sen Sachar]] <br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] – [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]] (until 15 September), [[Narahar Vishnu Gadgil]] (starting 15 September)<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}}152,835 million<br />
* 1 January - DRDO was established<br />
* 18 February – [[Finance minister of India]] [[T. T. Krishnamachari]] resigns following [[M. C. Chagla]] Commission report on [[Haridas Mundhra]] LIC scandal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Subramanian|first=Samanth|date=2012-05-09|title=Long View: India's Very First Corruption Scandal|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/long-view-indias-very-first-corruption-scandal/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=India Ink|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
* 28 February – [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] presents [[Union budget of India]] as Finance Minister. <br />
* 26 March - [[Mother India]] becomes the first ever [[Cinema of India]] to get nominated in the [[Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reuben |first=Bunny |title=‘Mother India’ at the Oscars: ‘The audience laughed with the characters and cried with them’ |url=https://scroll.in/reel/817262/mother-india-at-the-oscars-the-audience-laughed-with-the-characters-and-cried-with-them |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> <br />
* 29 April - [[Food poisoning]] caused by leakage of [[Insecticide|Folidol]] during transportation kills 74 in a Lok Sahayak Sena camp at [[Sasthamkotta]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1958-05-06 |title=STATEMENT RE DEATHS IN LOK SAHAYAK SENA CAMP AT SASTHAMKOTTA FROM SUSPECTED FOOD-POISONING |url=https://rsdebate.nic.in/handle/123456789/569845?viewItem=search |website=rsdebate.nic.in}}</ref><br />
* 18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi.<br />
* [[Vimochana Samaram]] against [[First Namboodiripad ministry]] in [[Kerala]]<br />
* Unknown date &ndash; [[Reliance Industries]] was founded by [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay (present day in Mumbai)]], as predecessor name was Reliance Commercial Corporation.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 22 May – Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Ordinance came into force<br />
* 11 September – [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act|The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958]] is passed by the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]].<br />
* 1 October – The Standards of Weights and Measures Act took effect.<br />
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==Sport==<br />
*[[Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu]] ([[field hockey]] player) is awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
*[[Milkha Singh]] ([[field athletics]] player) had won the [[gold medal]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
*5 March – [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist and singer.<br />
*29 April – [[Saumen Guha]], political activist, human rights campaigner and author.<br />
*30 May {{ndash}} [[K. S. Ravikumar]], film director and actor.<br />
*15 August {{ndash}} [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil director)]], film director and actor.<br />
*16 August – [[R. R. Patil]], politician (died 2015)<br />
*19 September – [[Lucky Ali]], singer, composer and actor<br />
*2 December {{ndash}} [[Lal (actor)]], actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor.<br />
*17 December {{ndash}} [[Jayasudha]], actress.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Bollywood films of 1958]]<br />
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{{Years in India}}<br />
{{Year in Asia|1958}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:1958 in India| ]]<br />
[[Category:1958 by country|India]]<br />
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]<br />
[[Category:1950s in India]]<br />
[[Category:1958 in Asia]]<br />
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