1982 in Kerala

Events in the year 1982 in Kerala. Incumbents Governor of Kerala - Jothi Venkatachalam - till October P. Ramachandran - from October Chief ministers of Kerala – K. Karunakaran Events 5 March - A. K. Saseendran moves resolution to remove Speaker of the Legislative Assembly A. C. Jose who exercised Casting vote eight times to save minority government.Business- Kerala Legislature http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/bus_3_2.htm 2025-12-10 www.niyamasabha.orgMehar Rakesh Balan Saritha S. 2017-06-19 Kerala Chronicles: How an Assembly Speaker kept a Congress govt afloat for 3 months in 1982 https://www.thenewsminute.com/features/kerala-chronicles-how-assembly-speaker-kept-congress-govt-afloat-3-months-1982-63902 2025-12-10 The News Minute en 17 March - Kerala placed in President's rule following Lonappan Nambadan withdrawing support to Second Karunakaran ministry.2022-03-18 March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-union-rule-in-kerala-7825172/ 2025-12-09 The Indian Express en 1 April - Governor of Kerala inaugurates Government Medical College, Thrissur as the fifth medical college in state. 5 April - A meeting named Visala Hindu Sammelam in Ernakulam presided by Rajendra Singh and Chinmayananda Saraswati declare Karkidakam as Ramayana month.Kuttoor Radhakrishnan 2019-07-17 How Karkidakam got its ‘holy’ tag https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-karkidakam-got-its-holy-tag/article28526420.ece 2025-12-09 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X2018-07-13 CPM’s ‘epic’ experiment comes full circle https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpms-epic-experiment-comes-full-circle/articleshow/64970057.cms 2025-12-09 The Times of India 0971-8257 19 May - 1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election held and for the first time in India Electronic voter machine introduced in Paravur Assembly constituency.Gopakumar K. C. 2021-03-06 EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/evms-were-used-first-time-in-kerala-in-50-booths-in-1982/article34005923.ece 2025-12-09 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X 3 September - A hooch tragedy in Vypin claims 78 lives.rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29 https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/23ker.htm 2025-12-09 m.rediff.comPraveen M. P. 2022-09-01 Vypeen hooch tragedy turns 40 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/vypeen-hooch-tragedy-turns-40/article65835818.ece 2025-12-10 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X 1 November - Pathanamthitta district formed as thirteenth district of state following pact between K. Karunakaran and K.K. Nair MLA.Service Express News 2013-02-08 K K Nair passes away https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/Feb/08/k-k-nair-passes-away-448677.html 2025-12-09 The New Indian Express en 28-29 December - Clashes between Muslims and Kerala Police in Alappuzha following a Eid-Milad rally related scuffle.Pillai Sreedhar 2013-07-30 Rampaging mobs take over Trivandrum two days after police firing in Alleppey https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830131-rampaging-mobs-take-over-trivandrum-two-days-after-police-firing-in-alleppey-770393-2013-07-30 2025-12-09 India Today en 30 December - Communal violence and riots in various parts of Thiruvananthapuram city.1983-02-12 KERALA-Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots Economic and Political Weekly https://www.epw.in/journal/1983/7/our-correspondent-columns/kerala-political-backdrop-trivandrum-riots.html 2025-12-09 www.epw.in enJ. O. 1983 Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots https://www.jstor.org/stable/4371842 Economic and Political Weekly 18 7 209–211 0012-9976 31 December - Police firing at Mattancherry against rioters following communal clashes.Police opened fire today on a rioting mob in... - UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/31/Police-opened-fire-today-on-a-rioting-mob-in/7928410158800/ 2025-12-09 UPI en Dates unknown P. Parameswaran establishes Hindutva think tank Bharatiya Vichara Kendram in Thiruvananthapuram. March - Religious violence in various parts of Kanyakumari district between Christians and Hindus such as Mandaikadu. Left Democratic Front and United Democratic Front stabilizes as coalition fronts. Birth 15 February - Meera Jasmine, actress. 8 August- Fahadh Faasil, actor. 16 October - Prithviraj Sukumaran, actor. Deaths 5 May - Accamma Cherian, politician (b.1909) 6 August - S.K. Pottekkatt, writer (b.1913) See also History of Kerala 1982 in India References Category:1980 in India Category:Years in Kerala Category:1980s in Kerala