1958 in India

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← 1957 1956 1955 1958 in India → 1959 1960 1961
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Events in the year 1958 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents[]

• President of India – Rajendra Prasad
• Prime Minister of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Vice President of India – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Chief Justice of India – Sudhi Ranjan Das

Governors[]

• 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[]

• 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.
• 18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi.
• 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.
• Vimochana Samaram against First Namboodiripad ministry in Kerala. (1958–59).

Sport[]

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

Births[]

• 5 March – Nassar, actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist and singer
• 3 April – Jaya Prada, actress, politician
• 16 August – R. R. Patil, politician (died 2015)
• 19 September – Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor
• 23 September – G. Srinivasan, film producer (died 2007)

See also[]

• List of Bollywood films of 1958

References[]

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