1998 in Kerala

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Last updated July 18, 2024

Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

Events

28 February - Parliament elections for 12th Loksabha held in Kerala.
3 March - United Democratic Front bagged 11 out of 20 seats in the Parliament elections.^[1]
31 March - Peoples Democratic Party leader and Islamic fundamentalist Abdul Nazer Mahdani arrested from Kaloor in connection with 1998 Coimbatore bombings and Hate speech.^[2]
17 May - Prime Minister of India inaugurates Kudumbashree at Malappuram district.^[3]
22 May - President of India K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the new legislative assembly building Niyamasabha Mandiram of Kerala.^[4]
30 July - An Indian Airlines Dornier aircraft crashed at Kochi during take-off and kills nine people which includes six passengers.^[5]
14 November - Enathu Bridge inaugurated and opened for traffic by P. J. Joseph.
November - Former Central Reserve Police Force constable Ramachandran Nair confesses before media that deceased Naxalite Arikkad Varghese, was killed in an encounter killing in 1970.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Deaths

March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88.
September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.

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