Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang
Chief minister of Kerala ā E.K. Nayanar
Events[edit | edit source]
- 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]
Dates unknown[edit | edit source]
- By following the National Policy on Education 1986, Kerala implements Pre-Degree Course (Abolition) Act, 1997 and brings pre-degree from University to Higher secondary education.[9]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88.
- September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "General Elections 1998" (PDF).
- ā "Jacob Thomas reveals why he delayed Abdul Nasser Madani's arrest in 1998". The News Minute. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā "Kudumbashree Story - Setting Up of the Kudumbashree Mission". thekudumbashreestory.info. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ā "Rediff On The NeT: Kerala House bids adieu to home of old". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ā "Today in History ā July 30, 1998: Indian Airlines plane crashes in Kerala". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā HARIDAS, K (2011). "Varghese Encounter Death Case". Economic and Political Weekly. 46 (1): 19ā21. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 27917982.
- ā "Confessions Of A Cop". 2016-03-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ā Basheer, K. P. M. (2019-03-08). "Remembering Varghese, Kerala's first 'encounter' victim". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ā Mohandas, K. (2016-11-01). "Ten decisions that changed Kerala | Ten decisions that changed Kerala". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2025-12-10.