1958 in India

← 1957 1956 1955 1958 in India → 1959 1960 1961
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

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

• Assam –
• Bihar –
• Karnataka –
• Kerala –
• Madhya Pradesh –
• Maharashtra –
• Odisha –
• Punjab –
• Rajasthan –
• Tamil Nadu –
• Telangana –
• Uttar Pradesh –
• West Bengal –

Events

• 18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi.
• 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

• Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu (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
• 19 September – Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor
• 23 September – G. Srinivasan, film producer (died 2007)

See also

• Bollywood films of 1958