1996 in Kerala

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Events in the year 1996 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala -

P. Shiv Shankar till April.
Khurshed Alam Khan since May.

Chief ministers of Kerala –

A.K. Antony till May 9.

E.K. Nayanar from May 20.

Events

16 January - Suryanelli rape case
24 January - Kerala Legislative Assembly equivocally passed Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act which legalised all Adivasi land transactions till date.^[1]
1 April - AK Antony government bans Arrack in Kerala and shuts down 5600 country liquor shops.^[2]
17 August - EK Nayanar government begins implementation of People's Planning in Kerala, which effectively decentralize nearly 35% of state budget to Local self government bodies.
17 September - The first Mobile phone conversation in Kerala taken place at Ernakulam between Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and Vice Admiral AR Tandon on an Escotel mobile network.^[3]
4 October - A pro-maoist outfit named Ayyankali Pada kept District magistrate of Palakkad district in hostage using fake weapons to protest against Kerala Scheduled Tribes (Restriction on Transfer of Lands and Restoration of Alienated Lands) Act.^[4]^[5]

Dates unknown

The first edition of International Film Festival of Kerala held in Kozhikode to commemorate 100th anniversary of Filmmaking.

Deaths

23 September - Silk Smitha, 36, actress.

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↑ Priya, Lakshmi (2022-04-07). "Ex-IAS officer held hostage by Ayyankalipada speaks on the film Pada and its politics". The News Minute. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

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