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* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – | * [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] – | ||
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – | * [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] – | ||
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*1 February – [[Jackie Shroff]], actor. | *1 February – [[Jackie Shroff]], actor. | ||
* | *10 March – [[Thanu Padmanabhan]], theoretical physicist and cosmologist (d. 2021) | ||
*20 October – [[Dennis Joseph]], scriptwriter and director (d. 2021) | *20 October – [[Dennis Joseph]], scriptwriter and director (d. 2021) | ||
*[[Thomas Zacharia]], computational scientist. | *[[Thomas Zacharia]], computational scientist. | ||
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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 –
- Assam –
- Bihar –
- Karnataka –
- Kerala –
- Madhya Pradesh –
- Maharashtra –
- Odisha –
- Punjab –
- Rajasthan –
- Uttar Pradesh –
- West Bengal –
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
- 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 Ahmed Madani, Islamic scholar (born 1879).