1995 in Kerala

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Last updated September 09, 2024

Events in the year 1995 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala -

B. Rachaiah - till November
P. Shiv Shankar - from November

Chief ministers of Kerala –

K. Karunakaran - till March 16th
A.K. Antony - from March 22nd.

Events

1 March - Head priest of Sabarimala Temple Kattoor Kuttapilly Vishnu Namboothiri suspended by Travancore Devaswom Board for attending prayer at St. Thomas Ecumenical Church, Nilackal.^[1]
16 March - Fourth Karunakaran ministry dissolved following announcement of resignation of K. Karunakaran.
12 April - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader E. P. Jayarajan got shot with a gun as an attempt on his life in a moving train (Chennai Rajdhani Express) near Ongole.^[2]
14 May - Communal riots in Vizhinjam claims six lives.^[3]
30 September - The first live news broadcasting by a private sector media carried out by Asianet News.^[4]
September - Kerala Police finds more than 100 pipe-bombs from under a bridge in Vengara, Malappuram district.^[5]
1 October - Secretary of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Kerala Brij Kishore Jaiswar IAS, found dead in his house later his wife Mohini was arrested in connection with murder.^[6]^[7]
11 October - Police action in Sivagiri Asramam following unrest between two sanyasi groups over board presidency.^[8]
22 October - Fourteen lives claimed by hooch tragedy in Fort Kochi.^[9]
Goat - Mangium - Teak High-yield investment scam comes into light. Crores of money fizzled away by two Kozhikode natives through a bogus entity named HYS Foundation, Palakkad.^[10]

Deaths

25 February - Rani Mariam Vattalil, Religious sister (b.1954).^[11]
19 June - P. N. Panicker, father of library movement in Kerala (b. 1909).

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