1998 in Kerala

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See also:| List of years in Kerala
History of Kerala

Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.

## Incumbents

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Governors of Kerala \- Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

## Events

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* 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]

## Deaths

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* March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88.
* September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.

## See also

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* History of Kerala
* 1998 in India

## References

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1. ^ "General Elections 1998" (PDF).
2. ^ "Jacob Thomas reveals why he delayed Abdul Nasser Madani's arrest in 1998". The News Minute. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
3. ^ "Kudumbashree Story - Setting Up of the Kudumbashree Mission". thekudumbashreestory.info. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
4. ^ "Rediff On The NeT: Kerala House bids adieu to home of old". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
5. ^ "Today in History — July 30, 1998: Indian Airlines plane crashes in Kerala". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
6. ^ HARIDAS, K (2011). "Varghese Encounter Death Case". Economic and Political Weekly. 46 (1): 19–21\. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 27917982.
7. ^ "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)
8. ^ 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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