2002 in Kerala

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Events in the year 2002 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala

• Sukhdev Singh Kang (till April)
• Sikander Bakht (since April)

Chief minister of Kerala – A. K. Antony

Events

• 6 February - Government employees and teachers in Kerala started indefinite strike. ^{[1] [2]}
• 2 March - Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers kills two Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in Meloor, Kannur district. ^[3]
• 22 April - Group of villagers and Adivasis starts Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle. ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• 27 June - A person named Sankaranarayanan allegedly killed Ahmed Koya who raped and murdered his daughter an year ago in Manjeri. ^[7]
• 27 July - Kumarakom boat disaster; State Water Transport Department boat accident near Kumarakom kills 29 passengers. ^[8]
• 1 October - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation launches Volvo B7R buses in Thiruvananthapuram - Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram - Palakkad routes and becomes the third government transport company in India to achieve this feat. ^{[9] [10]}
• 18 November - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam inaugurates Akshaya project a Computer literacy and governance through ICT project of Government of Kerala. ^[11]

Date not known

• Kerala introduces three new RTO codes namely KL-16, KL-17 and KL-18 at Attingal, Muvattupuzha and Vatakara. ^[12]

Deaths

• January 2 - Geetha Hiranyan, 43, poet.
• January 6 - Kunjandi, 82, actor.
• June 19 - N. F. Varghese, 53, actor.
• July 1 - Saswathikananda, 52, head of Sivagiri mutt. ^{[13] [14]}
• September 24 - P. R. Pisharoty, physicist, 93.
• December 23 - Ratheesh, 48, actor.

See also

• History of Kerala
• 2002 in India

References

1. Radhakrishnan, M. G. (February 25, 2002). "Kerala CM A.K. Antony's stand on striking unions receives strong public backing". India Today. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
2. "rediff.com: Biggest staff strike paralyses offices in Kerala". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
3. Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Melur double murder case: Supreme Court upholds life imprisonment of four CPM workers". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
4. "Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (P) Ltd. vs Perumatty Grama Panchayat. | UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform". leap.unep.org. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
5. Ghoshray, Saby (2006–2007). "Searching for Human Rights to Water Amidst Corporate Privatization in India: Hindustan Coca-Cola Pvt. Ltd. v. Perumatty Grama Panchayat". Georgetown International Environmental Law Review. 19: 643.
6. The Hindu Net Desk (2017-07-15). "Water wars: Plachimada vs Coca-Cola". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-04-08.
7. "When justice 'failed': In 2002, a Kerala man killed his child's rapist-murderer". The Week. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
8. "rediff.com: 29 drown as boat capsizes near Kumarakom". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
9. "The Hindu Business Line : KSRTC plans to ply luxury buses". 2002-11-07. Archived from the original on 7 November 2002. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
10. "Forced Facelift Brings Fortune To Kerala's Public Transport". The Financial Express. 2002-09-30. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
11. "About Akshaya Web Portal - Gateway of Opportunities". www.akshaya.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
12. "From KL 01 to KL 79: the registration numbers and places in Kerala". OnManorama. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
13. "Swami Saswathikananda's death - Another twist in the tale". The News Minute. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
14. "13 years after a death in Kerala river, new bubbles of suspicion rise to the surface". The Indian Express. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

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