1999 in Kerala

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Last updated April 27, 2024

Events in the year 1999 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

Events

January 14 - Fifty three pilgrims killed in 1999 Sabarimala stampede.^[1]
June 10 - Commercial operations started from new Nedumbassery Airport at Kochi with an Air India flight to Dammam.^[2]
August 25 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader P. Jayarajan suffered a near fatal physical attack by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers at his home in Kadirur.^[3]
September 11 - 1999 Indian general election took place in all 20 constituencies of Kerala.^[4]
October 6 - United Democratic Front bagged 11 of the 20 parliamentary seats in 1999 Indian general election in Kerala.
November 14 - Nineteen passengers were killed and 90 were injured in a bus accident near Poredam Kollam district.^[5]
December 1 - A school teacher named K.T. Jayakrishnan Master who was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker hacked to death in front of students by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers while he was teaching in Mokeri UP School at Kannur.^[6]

Deaths

January 8 - K.T. Achuthan, politician,87.
April 10 - Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, writer and Jnanpith Award winner, 86.
May 12 - Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, dancer, 84.

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