See also: 1956 in India, other events of 1957, 1958 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• Balbir Singh Sr. became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri
• Parliament passes the Copyright Act of 1957
• The first democratically elected communist government takes office under EMS (Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran) Namboodiripad [1]in The state of Kerala in South India in April

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