Template:Year in KeralaEvents in the year 1982 in Kerala.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
- Jothi Venkatachalam - till October
- P. Ramachandran - from October
Events[edit | edit source]
- 5 March - A. K. Saseendran moves resolution to remove Speaker of the Legislative Assembly A. C. Jose who exercised Casting vote eight times to save minority government.[1][2]
- 17 March - Kerala placed in President's rule following Lonappan Nambadan withdrawing support to Second Karunakaran ministry.[3]
- 1 April - Governor of Kerala inaugurates Government Medical College, Thrissur as the fifth medical college in state.
- 5 April - A meeting named Visala Hindu Sammelam in Ernakulam presided by Rajendra Singh and Chinmayananda Saraswati declare Karkidakam as Ramayana month.[4][5]
- 19 May - 1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election held and for the first time in India Electronic voter machine introduced in Paravur Assembly constituency.[6]
- 3 September - A hooch tragedy in Vypin claims 78 lives.[7][8]
- 1 November - Pathanamthitta district formed as thirteenth district of state following pact between K. Karunakaran and K.K. Nair MLA.[9]
- 28-29 December - Clashes between Muslims and Kerala Police in Alappuzha following a Eid-Milad rally related scuffle.[10]
- 30 December - Communal violence and riots in various parts of Thiruvananthapuram city.[11][12]
- 31 December - Police firing at Mattancherry against rioters following communal clashes.[13]
Dates unknown[edit | edit source]
- P. Parameswaran establishes Hindutva think tank Bharatiya Vichara Kendram in Thiruvananthapuram.
- March - Religious violence in various parts of Kanyakumari district between Christians and Hindus such as Mandaikadu.
- Left Democratic Front and United Democratic Front stabilizes as coalition fronts.
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 15 February - Meera Jasmine, actress.
- 8 August- Fahadh Faasil, actor.
- 16 October - Prithviraj Sukumaran, actor.
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 5 May - Accamma Cherian, politician (b.1909)
- 6 August - S.K. Pottekkatt, writer (b.1913)
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "Business- Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ā Balan, Rakesh Mehar,Saritha S. (2017-06-19). "Kerala Chronicles: How an Assembly Speaker kept a Congress govt afloat for 3 months in 1982". The News Minute. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ā "March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala". The Indian Express. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā Kuttoor, Radhakrishnan (2019-07-17). "How Karkidakam got its 'holy' tag". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā "CPM's 'epic' experiment comes full circle". The Times of India. 2018-07-13. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā Gopakumar, K. C. (2021-03-06). "EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā "rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā Praveen, M. P. (2022-09-01). "Vypeen hooch tragedy turns 40". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ā Service, Express News (2013-02-08). "K K Nair passes away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā Pillai, Sreedhar (2013-07-30). "Rampaging mobs take over Trivandrum two days after police firing in Alleppey". India Today. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā "KERALA-Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots | Economic and Political Weekly". www.epw.in. 1983-02-12. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ā J., O. (1983). "Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots". Economic and Political Weekly. 18 (7): 209ā211. ISSN 0012-9976.
- ā "Police opened fire today on a rioting mob in... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2025-12-09.