1958 in India
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Events in the year1958 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]- National income -₹152,835 million
- 1 january - DRDO was established
- 18 February –Finance minister of IndiaT. T. Krishnamachariresigns followingM. C. ChaglaCommission report onHaridas MundhraLIC scandal.[1]
- 28 February –Jawaharlal NehrupresentsUnion budget of Indiaas Finance Minister.
- 26 March -Mother Indiabecomes the first everCinema of Indiato get nominated in theAcademy Awards.[2]
- 29 April -Food poisoningcaused by leakage ofFolidolduring transportation kills 74 in a Lok Sahayak Sena camp atSasthamkotta,Kerala.[3]
- 18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi.
- Vimochana SamaramagainstFirst Namboodiripad ministryinKerala
- Unknown date –Reliance Industrieswas founded byDhirubhai AmbaniinBombay (present day in Mumbai),as predecessor name was Reliance Commercial Corporation.[citation needed]
Law
[edit]- 22 May – Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Ordinance came into force
- 11 September –The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958is passed by theParliament.
- 1 October – The Standards of Weights and Measures Act took effect.
Sport
[edit]- Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu(field hockeyplayer) is awarded thePadma Shri.
- Milkha Singh(field athleticsplayer) had won thegold medal
Births
[edit]- 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
- 14 October –R. Parthiban,actor and director.
- 2 December –Lal (actor),actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor.
- 17 December –Jayasudha,actress.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Subramanian, Samanth (9 May 2012)."Long View: India's Very First Corruption Scandal".India Ink.Retrieved16 January2022.
- ^Reuben, Bunny."'Mother India' at the Oscars: 'The audience laughed with the characters and cried with them'".Scroll.in.Retrieved14 April2022.
- ^"STATEMENT RE DEATHS IN LOK SAHAYAK SENA CAMP AT SASTHAMKOTTA FROM SUSPECTED FOOD-POISONING".rsdebate.nic.in.6 May 1958.
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