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{{Year in Kerala}}Events in the year '''1989''' in '''Kerala'''.

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

* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]

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

* [[E. K. Nayanar]]

== Events ==

* 12 June - [[Kottayam]] becomes the first town in India to achieve 100% literacy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=How Kerala's Kottayam achieved 100% literacy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/keralas-kottayam-achieved-100-literacy-in-1989-8925304/ |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hiran |first=U. |date=2019-06-24 |title=When the City of Letters lived up to its name |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/when-the-city-of-letters-lived-up-to-its-name/article28128944.ece |access-date=2025-06-12 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 20 June - A tunnel under construction of 109 crore worth Lower Periyar Hydel Project crashes. [[Indian National Congress]] raises corruption allegation against [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] minister [[T. Sivadasa Menon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-08-15 |title=Kerala: Tunnel crash puts LDF in the dock, UDF alleges kickbacks |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19890815-kerala-tunnel-crash-puts-ldf-in-the-dock-udf-alleges-kickbacks-816390-1989-08-14 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 1 November - [[All India Radio]] launches the first [[FM broadcasting]] station in state at [[Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2014-10-21 |title=AIR’s Kochi FM: Jubilee Celebration’s on |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2014/Oct/21/air%E2%80%99s-kochi-fm-jubilee-celebration%E2%80%99s-on-673997.html |access-date=2026-01-21 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* November - [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)]] sweeps the [[1989 Indian general election in Kerala|1989 Parliament elections in Kerala]].
* 31 December - [[Muhammad Ali]] visits [[Kozhikode]] following personal invitation by K.P. Hassan Haji secretary of JDT Islam institutions and attends silver jubilee of [[Muslim Educational Society]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-04 |title=When Ali charmed Kozhikode |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/When-Ali-charmed-Kozhikode/article14385772.ece |access-date=2025-10-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-05 |title=Muhammad Ali's visit was Kozhikode's knockout moment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/muhammad-alis-visit-was-kozhikodes-knockout-moment/articleshow/52597630.cms |access-date=2025-10-28 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-04 |title=When Kozhikode was bowled over by Ali |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/When-Kozhikode-was-bowled-over-by-Ali/article62116329.ece |access-date=2025-10-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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* February/March - The apex scholarly body of [[Islam in Kerala|Muslims in Kerala]], [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama|Samastha]] splits into [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP Sunnis)|AP faction]] and [[Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (EK faction)|EK faction]] following [[Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar]] staging SYS meeting in [[Ernakulam]] and openly voicing dissent on allegiance with [[Indian Union Muslim League]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Naha |first=Abdul Latheef |date=2023-08-31 |title=Samastha split likely as discord over IUML dominance simmers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/discord-boiling-over-in-samastha-over-iuml-dominance/article67256542.ece |access-date=2025-06-12 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prashanth |first=M. P. |date=2025-04-30 |title=Sunni unity sans Panakkad Sadiq Ali Thangal? |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Apr/30/sunni-unity-sans-panakkad-sadiq-ali-thangal-3 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ameerudheen |first=T. A. |date=2018-01-23 |title=Big deal: Merger of two factions of a Muslim group could realign political forces in Kerala |url=https://scroll.in/article/865455/big-deal-merger-of-two-factions-of-a-muslim-group-could-realign-political-forces-in-kerala |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kerala]] faced acute [[Electricity]] shortage due to reduction from central allocations.

== Birth ==

* 23 February - [[Shamna Kasim]], actress.

== Deaths ==
* 16 January - [[Prem Nazir]], actor (b.1926)

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[1989 in India]]

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

1989 in Kerala - Revision history

CatharineJorgens at 21:20, 23 March 2026