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{{Year in Kerala}}Events in the year '''1995''' in '''Kerala'''.

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

* [[B. Rachaiah]] - till November
* [[P. Shiv Shankar]] - from November

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

* [[K. Karunakaran]] - till March 16th
* [[A.K. Antony]] - from March 22nd.

== Events ==

* 1 March - Head priest of [[Sabarimala Temple]] Kattoor Kuttapilly Vishnu Namboothiri suspended by [[Travancore Devaswom Board]] for attending prayer at [[St. Thomas Ecumenical Church, Nilackal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Head priest of Sabarimala temple barred from conducting puja for praying at church |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950331-head-priest-of-sabarimala-temple-barred-from-conducting-puja-for-praying-at-church-807106-1995-03-30 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 16 March - [[Fourth Karunakaran ministry]] dissolved following announcement of resignation of [[K. Karunakaran]].
* 12 April - [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader [[E. P. Jayarajan]] got shot with a gun as an attempt on his life in a moving train ([[Chennai Rajdhani Express]]) near [[Ongole]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CPI(M) MLA E.P. Jayarajan murder: Police allege plot against probe |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19950731-cpim-mla-ep-jayarajan-murder-police-allege-plot-against-probe-807554-1995-07-30 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 14 May - [[Communal riots]] in [[Vizhinjam]] claims six lives.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Engineer |first=Asghar Ali |date=1995 |title=Communalism and Communal Violence in 1995 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4403582 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=30 |issue=51 |pages=3267–3269 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>
* 30 September - The first [[News broadcasting|live news broadcasting]] by a private sector [[Media (communication)|media]] carried out by [[Asianet News]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Dhanya |date=2019-10-01 |title=The story behind India’s first live private news broadcast 24 years ago |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/story-behind-india%E2%80%99s-first-live-private-news-broadcast-20-years-ago-34809 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
* September - [[Kerala Police]] finds more than 100 pipe-bombs from under a bridge in [[Vengara, Malappuram district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pipe-bomb case verdict today |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2009/may/12/pipe-bomb-case-verdict-today-48423.html |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* 1 October - Secretary of [[Government of Kerala|Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Kerala]] Brij Kishore Jaiswar IAS, found dead in his house later his wife Mohini was arrested in connection with murder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wife allegedly kills IAS officer over alcoholism and marital discord in Kerala, arrested |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19951115-wife-allegedly-kills-ias-officer-over-alcoholism-and-marital-discord-in-kerala-arrested-807918-1995-11-14 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=State Of Kerala v. Mohini, Kerala High Court, Judgment, Law, casemine.com |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56ea9b51607dba38b6e4a7a7 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.casemine.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 11 October - [[Police action]] in [[Sivagiri, Kerala|Sivagiri Asramam]] following unrest between two sanyasi groups over board presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antony's decision to send police into Sivagiri shrine may cause major implications |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19951115-antony-decision-to-send-police-into-sivagiri-shrine-may-face-major-implications-for-kerala-coalition-politics-807926-1995-11-14 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* 22 October - Fourteen lives claimed by hooch tragedy in [[Fort Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hooch tragedy in Kerala points to alcoholism |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19951115-hooch-tragedy-in-kerala-points-to-alcoholism-807915-1995-11-14 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
* Goat - [[Acacia mangium|Mangium]] - [[Teak]] [[High-yield investment program|High-yield investment scam]] comes into light. Crores of money fizzled away by two Kozhikode natives through a bogus entity named HYS Foundation, Palakkad.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-08 |title=Man held for 20-year-old cheating case |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/man-held-for-20-year-old-cheating-case/articleshow/53592626.cms |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* 25 February - [[Mariam Vattalil|Rani Mariam Vattalil]], [[Religious sister]] (b.1954).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-04 |title=Killed in 1995, Sister Rani declared 'Blessed' by Vatican |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/killed-in-1995-sister-rani-declared-blessed-by-vatican/articleshow/61510339.cms |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 19 June - [[P. N. Panicker]], father of library movement in Kerala (b. 1909).
* 13 November - [[Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid]], MD and founder of [[East-West Airlines (India)]] (b.1952)

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[1995 in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1995 in India]]
[[Category:Years in Kerala]]
[[Category:1990s in Kerala]]

1995 in Kerala - Revision history

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