1958 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1958 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Governors[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh – Bhim Sen Sachar
Assam – Saiyid Fazal Ali
Bihar – Zakir Hussain
Karnataka – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar
Maharashtra – Sri Prakasa
Odisha – Bhim Sen Sachar
Punjab – Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (until 15 September), Narahar Vishnu Gadgil (starting 15 September)
Rajasthan – Gurumukh Nihal Singh
Uttar Pradesh – Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
West Bengal – Padmaja Naidu

Events[edit | edit source]

National income - ₹152,835 million
1 January - DRDO was established
18 February – Finance minister of India T. T. Krishnamachari resigns following M. C. Chagla Commission report on Haridas Mundhra LIC scandal.^[1]
28 February – Jawaharlal Nehru presents Union budget of India as Finance Minister.
26 March - Mother India becomes the first ever Cinema of India to get nominated in the Academy Awards.^[2]
29 April - Food poisoning caused by leakage of Folidol during transportation kills 74 in a Lok Sahayak Sena camp at Sasthamkotta, Kerala.^[3]
18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi.
Vimochana Samaram against First Namboodiripad ministry in Kerala
Unknown date – Reliance Industries was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in Bombay (present day in Mumbai), as predecessor name was Reliance Commercial Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

Law[edit | edit source]

22 May – Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Ordinance came into force
11 September – The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is passed by the Parliament.
1 October – The Standards of Weights and Measures Act took effect.

Sport[edit | edit source]

Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu (field hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.
Milkha Singh (field athletics player) had won the gold medal

Births[edit | edit source]

5 March – Nassar, actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist and singer.
29 April – Saumen Guha, political activist, human rights campaigner and author.
30 May – K. S. Ravikumar, film director and actor.
15 August – Raj Kapoor (Tamil director), film director and actor.
16 August – R. R. Patil, politician (died 2015)
19 September – Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor
2 December – Lal (actor), actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor.
17 December – Jayasudha, actress.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Subramanian, Samanth (9 May 2012). "Long View: India's Very First Corruption Scandal". India Ink. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
↑ Reuben, Bunny. "'Mother India' at the Oscars: 'The audience laughed with the characters and cried with them'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
↑ "STATEMENT RE DEATHS IN LOK SAHAYAK SENA CAMP AT SASTHAMKOTTA FROM SUSPECTED FOOD-POISONING". rsdebate.nic.in. 6 May 1958.

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[1] Subramanian, Samanth (9 May 2012). "Long View: India's Very First Corruption Scandal". India Ink. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[2] Reuben, Bunny. "'Mother India' at the Oscars: 'The audience laughed with the characters and cried with them'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[3] "STATEMENT RE DEATHS IN LOK SAHAYAK SENA CAMP AT SASTHAMKOTTA FROM SUSPECTED FOOD-POISONING". rsdebate.nic.in. 6 May 1958.

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1958 in India

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