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Events

India passes a bill making Kashmir under its control as part of the Union.
5 April - First elected government of Kerala. Communist Party of India won the elections and E. M. S. Namboodiripad became the first chief minister of united Kerala.
Parliament passes the Copyright Act of 1957

Sport

Balbir Singh Sr. became the first hockey player to be awarded the Padma Shri.

Births

22 August - Deepti Naval, actress.
Thomas Zacharia, computational scientist.
Sardar Rajpal Singh Khakh, landlord.

Deaths

5 April - Alagappa Chettiar, businessman and philanthropist (b.1909).
30 August - N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (b.1908).

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