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

Events

• 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.

Deaths

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