1998 in Kerala

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Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

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]

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^ "Jacob Thomas reveals why he delayed Abdul Nasser Madani's arrest in 1998". The News Minute. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
^ "Kudumbashree Story - Setting Up of the Kudumbashree Mission". thekudumbashreestory.info. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Rediff On The NeT: Kerala House bids adieu to home of old". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Today in History — July 30, 1998: Indian Airlines plane crashes in Kerala". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
^ HARIDAS, K (2011). "Varghese Encounter Death Case". Economic and Political Weekly. 46 (1): 19–21. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 27917982.
^ "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)
^ Basheer, K. P. M. (2019-03-08). "Remembering Varghese, Kerala's first 'encounter' victim". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

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