Template:Year in KeralaEvents in the year 1997 in Kerala.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
- Khurshed Alam Khan till January 25.
- Sukhdev Singh Kang since January 25.
Chief minister of Kerala ā E.K. Nayanar
Events[edit | edit source]
- 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]
- July - KSKTU under leadership of V. S. Achuthanandan launches SRFA (Save Rice Field Agitation) protest against conversion of paddy fields to commercial purposes and cash crops in Alappuzha district.[4][5][6]
- August 6 - A police raid in an ice cream parlor in Kozhikode reveals Ice cream parlour sex scandal allegedly involving P. K. Kunhalikutty.[7]
- October 9 - Government of Kerala takes control over Sivagiri Mutt through an ordinance.[8]
- October 17 - Elizabeth II the monarch of United Kingdom visits Kochi.[9]
- 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.[10]
- December 6 - An Islamic fundamentalist organization carries out blasts in Chennai-Alleppey Express at Thrissur railway station killing three.[11]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- 15 July - Jayaram Padikkal, Indian Police Service officer, 60.
- December 12 - M. G. Soman, actor, 56.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "'The Kerala Government becomes Hindustan Lever's sole selling agent'". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā "Rediff On The NeT: Congress strike paralyses Kerala". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ā "Kerala High Court bans bandhs, political parties and other organisations disappointed". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā Narayanan, N.C. (2006-07-01). "For and Against Grain Land Use: Politics of Rice in Kerala, India". International Journal of Rural Management. 2 (1): 123ā144. doi:10.1177/097300520500200107. ISSN 0973-0052.
- ā "Rediff On The NeT: Communist farmers go on a rampage in Kerala paddy fields". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ā "Rediff On The NeT: Paddy stir may cultivate fresh trouble in Kerala CPI-M". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ā "A dented image". Frontline. 2004-12-02. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ā "Left Democratic Front government in Kerala takes over Sivagiri Mutt". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā S, Priyadershini (2022-09-09). "Queen Elizabeth's short and sweet visit to Kochi in 1997". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā "Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy brings recognition to Indo-Anglian writing". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā "Rediff On The NeT: 10 killed, 64 hurt in 3 train blasts". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.