Events in the year 2019 in Kerala

Incumbents

Events

January - April

* 1 Jan - ** Vanitha Mathil, world's fourth largest human chain ever made, and the largest formed solely by women under leadership of left organizations between Kasaragod and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

to uphold gender equality and protest against gender discrimination. ** Hindustan Newsprint,

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

stopped its operations. * 2 Jan - Two women, Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga, belonging to the traditionally barred age group entered the holy shrine of Sabarimala. * 3 Jan - ** State wide

Hartal Hartal () is a term in many Indian languages for a strike action that was first used during the Indian independence movement (also known as the nationalist movement) of the early 20th century. A hartal is a mass protest, often involving a total s ...

by ''Sabarimala Karma Samiti'' and Hindu right wing organisations held. **

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family ...

activist throw bomb at

Nedumangad Nedumangad is a town and municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area of Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, and is the headquarters of Nedumangad tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division (RDO). It is a sub ...

Police Station. ** Hindu right wing protestors were attacked by left wing activists during

Edappal Edappal is a town which lies near to the town of Ponnani in Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. Edappal is at a junction of two roads Thrissur-Kozhikode and Palakkad-Ponnani state highways located from Malappuram. Edappal lies ...

. * 15 Jan -

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament fro ...

inaugurates Kollam Bypass on

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. * 17 Feb - Two

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While ...

workers brutally killed in Periya, Kasaragod allegedly by

CPIM The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nat ...

killer squad. * 19 Feb -

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Alappuzha imposes a fine of Rs. 2.73 crores on Lake Palace Resort owned by

Thomas Chandy Thomas Chandy (29 October 1947 – 20 December 2019) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from the Kuttanad constituency, the transport minister of the state of Kerala, and president of t ...

for engaging in illegal constructions and carrying out encroachment on

Vembanad Vembanad is the longest lake in India, as well as the largest lake in the state of Kerala. The lake has an area of 230 square kilometers and a maximum length of 96.5 km. Spanning several districts in the state of Kerala, it is known as Ve ...

backwaters. * 13 Apr - Kerala High Court acquits all five accused in 2006 Panayikulam SIMI Camp case. * 23 Apr -

2019 Indian general election in Kerala The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. Alliances and parties The key alliances that fought for representation of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala are the United Democratic Front (India), U ...

May - July

* 23 May -

United Democratic Front (Kerala) The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the Indian National Congress-led alliance of centre to centre-left, and centre-right, political parties in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other be ...

sweeps parliament elections in Kerala by winning 19 out of 20 constituencies. * 16 June - Jose K. Mani is elected as the chairman of

Kerala Congress (M) Kerala Congress (M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala, currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the Left Democratic Front ...

. * 12 July - Additional Chief Secretary,

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior mini ...

passes a controversial order that reduces fine imposed by

of Alappuzha on Lake Palace Resort owned by

for encroachment from 1.17 crores to 34 lakhs.

August - September

* 8 Aug - 2019 Kerala floods * 22 Aug - Principal

Sessions Court A Sessions Court or even known as the Court of Sessions Judge is a court of law which exists in several Commonwealth countries. A Court of Session is the highest criminal court in a district and the court of first instance for trying serious offe ...

calls 2018 Kevin murder as

Honor killing An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of ...

and convicts 10 out of the 14 accused in the case. * 26 Sept -

Kerala Police The Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperamen ...

enters St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Piravom and forcefully evicted Jacobite faction from church premises following ongoing conflict between Jacobite and

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

factions following 2017 Supreme Court verdict that give more rights to

group.

October - December

* 5 Oct – The key accused in Koodathayi cyanide murders murders, Jolly was arrested by

. * 28 Oct - Three

Maoists Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Chi ...

killed by

at Manchakatti, in Palakkad district. * 1 Nov -

arrests two students named Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Faisal from

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

under

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty o ...

alleging

Maoist Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Ch ...

links. * 20 Nov - A ten-year-old girl died after

Snakebite A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake. A common sign of a bite from a venomous snake is the presence of two puncture wounds from the animal's fangs. Sometimes venom injection from the bite may occu ...

from classroom in

Sultan Bathery Sultan Bathery is a town and municipality in Wayanad district of Kerala, India, near the borders with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states. The largest town in Wayanad district, it is the headquarters of Sultan Bathery taluk. The place came to ...

. * 6 December -

Kerala Bank Kerala State Co-operative Bank Limited, branded as Kerala Bank, is a co-operative bank set up by the Government of Kerala, India. History The bank was established in 2019 by amalgamating 13 District co-operative banks in Kerala with the Ker ...

launched by

Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian Communist politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving sec ...

. * 31 Dec - Kerala Legislative Assembly passes a resolution against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

Deaths

January

14 -

Lenin Rajendran Lenin Rajendran ( ml, ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema. He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019 ...

, 67, Film director.

February

1 -

Thuppettan M. Subramanian Namboodiri (1 March 1929 – 1 February 2019), commonly known by his pen name Thuppettan, was a Malayalam-language playwright from Kerala, India. Hailing from Panjal, a village in Thrissur district of Kerala, Thuppettan had been ...

, 89, writer.

March

14 - Rosamma Chacko, 91, politician. 27 -

Ashitha (writer) Ashitha (Malayalam: അഷിത; 5 April 1956 – 27 March 2019) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, best known for her short stories, poems and translations. She helped popularize haiku poems in Malayalam through her translations. S ...

, 62

April

3 -

V. Viswanatha Menon Vadakkoot Viswanatha Menon, also known as Ambadi Viswam (15 January 1927 – 3 May 2019), was an Indian politician represented BJP and was the former minister in the southern state of Kerala in India. He had also served as a member in the Indian ...

, 92, politician 9 - K. M. Mani, 86, politician 13 - D. Babu Paul, 78,

Bureaucrat A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. The term ''bureaucrat'' derives from "bureaucracy", w ...

May

9 -

Eranjoli Moosa Eranholi Moosa (18 March 1940 – 9 May 2019) was an Indian Mappilappatu singer and playback singer. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential Mappilappattu singers of all time. During his musical career, Moosa has performed sol ...

, 79, Mappila song singer. 17 - Kadavoor Sivadasan, 87, politician

July

12 -

M. J. Radhakrishnan M. J. Radhakrishnan (1957/1958 – 12 July 2019) was an Indian cinematographer working mainly in Malayalam films. He got National film award 2018 as best cinematographer for his work on Malayalam movie Oolu. He won Kerala State Award for Best C ...

, cinematographer. 26 -

Attoor Ravi Varma Attoor Ravi Varma (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019)

, 88, poet

September

17 -

Sathaar Sathaar (25 May 1948 – 17 September 2019) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut with M. Krishnan Nair's ''Bharyaye Avashyamundu'' (1975). He became a hero in 1976 with '' Anaavaranam'', direct ...

, 67, actor.

October

1 - C. K. Menon, 70, entrepreneur.

November

10 - T. N. Seshan, 86, bureaucrat and former election commissioner. 12 - Raju Mathew, 82, film producer.

December

10 -

Lily Thomas Lily Thomas (1927 – 10 December 2019) was an Indian lawyer who initiated improvement and change to existing laws by filing petitions in India's highest court and regional courts. Thomas' petitions resulted in changes to laws to prevent convic ...

, 92, lawyer. 20 -

, politician and business man 21 -

Ramachandra Babu K. Ramachandra Babu (15 December 1947 – 21 December 2019) was an Indian cinematographer of over 125 films, out of which most are Malayalam films. He also worked for films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Arabic and English languages. He served as the ...

, 72, cinematographer.

References

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