1997 in Kerala

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Last updated April 27, 2024

Events in the year 1997 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala -

Khurshed Alam Khan till January 25.
Sukhdev Singh Kang since January 25.

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

Events

May 5 - A bus accident in Mylakkadu, Kollam district on National Highway 47 claims ten lives.
June 30 - Kerala State Co-operative Consumers Federation Limited starts 1020 Neeti Store across state through a formal inauguration by E. K. Nayanar at Thiruvananthapuram.^[1]
July 9 - United Democratic Front conducts 18 hour Hartal in the state to protest against the arrest of M. V. Raghavan in connection with Koothuparamba firing.^[2]
July 25 - K. R. Narayanan becomes the first Malayali and Dalit to become President of India.
July 28 - Kerala High Court declares bandh illegal and unconstitutional on a petition filed by the Ernakulam Chamber of Commerce.^[3]
August 6 - A police raid in an ice cream parlor in Kozhikode reveals Ice cream parlour sex scandal allegedly involving P. K. Kunhalikutty.^[4]
October 9 - Government of Kerala takes control over Sivagiri Mutt through an ordinance.^[5]
October 17 - Elizabeth II the monarch of United Kingdom visits Kochi.^[6]
October - Arundhati Roy becomes the first Indian author to win Booker Prize. She won the prize for her first book The God of Small Things.^[7]
December 6 - An Islamic fundamentalist organization carries out blasts in Chennai-Alleppey Express at Thrissur railway station killing three.^[8]

Deaths

15 July - Jayaram Padikkal, Indian Police Service officer, 60.
December 12 - M. G. Soman, actor, 56.

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