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{{Year in Kerala}}Events in the year '''1982''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==
[[List of governors of Kerala|'''Governor of Kerala''']] -

* [[Jothi Venkatachalam]] - till October
* [[P. Ramachandran]] - from October

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|'''Chief ministers of Kerala''']] –

* [[K. Karunakaran]]

== Events ==

* 5 March - [[A. K. Saseendran]] moves resolution to remove [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Speaker of the Legislative Assembly]] [[A. C. Jose]] who exercised [[Casting vote]] eight times to save minority government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business- Kerala Legislature |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/bus_3_2.htm |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Balan |first=Rakesh Mehar,Saritha S. |date=2017-06-19 |title=Kerala Chronicles: How an Assembly Speaker kept a Congress govt afloat for 3 months in 1982 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/features/kerala-chronicles-how-assembly-speaker-kept-congress-govt-afloat-3-months-1982-63902 |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
* 17 March - [[Kerala]] placed in [[President's rule]] following [[Lonappan Nambadan]] withdrawing support to [[Second Karunakaran ministry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-union-rule-in-kerala-7825172/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 1 April - [[Governor of Kerala]] inaugurates [[Government Medical College, Thrissur]] as the fifth medical college in state.
* 5 April - A meeting named ''Visala Hindu Sammelam'' in [[Ernakulam]] presided by [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]] and [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]] declare [[Karkidakam]] as [[Ramayana]] month.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuttoor |first=Radhakrishnan |date=2019-07-17 |title=How Karkidakam got its ‘holy’ tag |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-karkidakam-got-its-holy-tag/article28526420.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-13 |title=CPM’s ‘epic’ experiment comes full circle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpms-epic-experiment-comes-full-circle/articleshow/64970057.cms |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 19 May - [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] held and for the first time in [[India]] [[Electronic voting in India|Electronic voter machine]] introduced in [[Paravur Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopakumar |first=K. C. |date=2021-03-06 |title=EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/evms-were-used-first-time-in-kerala-in-50-booths-in-1982/article34005923.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 3 September - A [[Vypin alcohol poisonings|hooch tragedy]] in [[Vypin]] claims 78 lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29 |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/23ker.htm |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Praveen |first=M. P. |date=2022-09-01 |title=Vypeen hooch tragedy turns 40 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/vypeen-hooch-tragedy-turns-40/article65835818.ece |access-date=2025-12-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 1 November - [[Pathanamthitta district]] formed as thirteenth district of state following pact between [[K. Karunakaran]] and [[Kulappurakkal Karunakaran Nair|K.K. Nair MLA]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2013-02-08 |title=K K Nair passes away |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/Feb/08/k-k-nair-passes-away-448677.html |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 28-29 December - Clashes between [[Muslims]] and [[Kerala Police]] in [[Alappuzha]] following a [[Mawlid|Eid-Milad rally]] related scuffle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=2013-07-30 |title=Rampaging mobs take over Trivandrum two days after police firing in Alleppey |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830131-rampaging-mobs-take-over-trivandrum-two-days-after-police-firing-in-alleppey-770393-2013-07-30 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 30 December - Communal violence and riots in various parts of [[Thiruvananthapuram]] city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-02-12 |title=KERALA-Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots {{!}} Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1983/7/our-correspondent-columns/kerala-political-backdrop-trivandrum-riots.html |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=www.epw.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=J. |first=O. |date=1983 |title=Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4371842 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=209–211 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>
* 31 December - Police firing at [[Mattancherry]] against rioters following communal clashes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police opened fire today on a rioting mob in... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/31/Police-opened-fire-today-on-a-rioting-mob-in/7928410158800/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

== Dates unknown ==

* [[P. Parameswaran]] establishes [[Hindutva]] [[think tank]] Bharatiya Vichara Kendram in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].
* March - [[Religious violence]] in various parts of [[Kanyakumari district]] between [[Christians]] and [[Hindus]] such as [[Mandaikadu]].
* [[Left Democratic Front]] and [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] stabilizes as coalition fronts.

== Birth ==

* 15 February - [[Meera Jasmine]], actress.
* 8 August- [[Fahadh Faasil]], actor.
* 16 October - [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]], actor.

== Deaths ==
* 5 May - [[Accamma Cherian]], politician (b.1909)
* 6 August - [[S.K. Pottekkatt]], writer (b.1913)

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[1982 in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1980 in India]]
[[Category:Years in Kerala]]
[[Category:1980s in Kerala]]

1982 in Kerala - Revision history

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