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 Bombay – Sri Prakasa Jammu and Kashmir – Karan Singh Mysore – Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Kerala – Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Madhya Pradesh – Hari Vinayak Pataskar Orissa – 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 National income - 152,835 million 1 January - DRDO was established 18 February – Finance minister of India T. T. Krishnamachari resigns following M. C. Chagla Commission report on Haridas Mundhra LIC scandal. 28 February – Jawaharlal Nehru presents Union budget of India as Finance Minister. 26 March - Mother India becomes the first ever Cinema of India to get nominated in the Academy Awards. 29 April - Food poisoning caused by leakage of Folidol during transportation kills 74 in a Lok Sahayak Sena camp at Sasthamkotta, Kerala. 18 to 20 May – The 16th Session of Indian Labour Congress was held at New Delhi. Vimochana Samaram against First Namboodiripad ministry in Kerala Unknown date – Reliance Industries was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in Bombay (present day in Mumbai), as predecessor name was Reliance Commercial Corporation.
Law 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.
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. 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 2 December Lal (actor), actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor. 17 December Jayasudha, actress.
See also List of Bollywood films of 1958
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