1958 in India
Events in the year 1958 in the Republic of India.
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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 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 (died 2015)
- 19 September – Lucky Ali, singer, composer and actor
- 23 September – G. Srinivasan, film producer (died 2007)
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