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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''1998''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==

[[List of governors of Kerala|'''Governors of Kerala''']] - [[Sukhdev Singh Kang]]

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|'''Chief minister of Kerala''']] – [[E.K. Nayanar]]

== Events ==

* 28 February - [[1998 Indian general election in Kerala|Parliament elections for 12th Loksabha held in Kerala]].
* 3 March - [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] bagged 11 out of 20 seats in the [[1998 Indian general election in Kerala|Parliament elections]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=General Elections 1998 |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/LOKSABHA-HISTORY/1998-LS.pdf}}</ref>
* 31 March - [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]] leader and [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamentalist]] [[Abdul Nazer Mahdani]] arrested from [[Kaloor]] in connection with [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]] and [[Hate speech]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-23 |title=Jacob Thomas reveals why he delayed Abdul Nasser Madani's arrest in 1998 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/jacob-thomas-reveals-why-he-delayed-abdul-nasser-madani-s-arrest-1998-62505 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
* 17 May - [[Prime Minister of India]] inaugurates [[Kudumbashree]] at [[Malappuram district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kudumbashree Story - Setting Up of the Kudumbashree Mission |url=http://thekudumbashreestory.info/index.php/history-and-evolution/the-mission-setting-up |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=thekudumbashreestory.info |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* 22 May - [[President of India]] [[K. R. Narayanan]] inaugurates the new legislative assembly building [[Niyamasabha Mandiram]] of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rediff On The NeT: Kerala House bids adieu to home of old |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/23keral1.htm |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
* 30 July - An [[Indian Airlines]] [[Dornier 228|Dornier aircraft]] crashed at [[Kochi]] during take-off and kills nine people which includes six passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Today in History — July 30, 1998: Indian Airlines plane crashes in Kerala |url=https://gulfnews.com/today-history/today-in-history--july-30-1998-indian-airlines-plane-crashes-in-kerala-1.2258620 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=gulfnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 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 Movement|Naxalite]] [[Arikkad Varghese]], was killed in an [[encounter killing]] in 1970.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=HARIDAS |first=K |date=2011 |title=Varghese Encounter Death Case |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27917982 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=19–21 |jstor=27917982 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-10 |title=Confessions Of A Cop |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/confessions-of-a-cop/206579 |access-date=2023-04-30 |archive-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310135330/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/confessions-of-a-cop/206579 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Basheer |first=K. P. M. |date=2019-03-08 |title=Remembering Varghese, Kerala's first 'encounter' victim |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/remembering-keralas-first-encounter-victim/article26472089.ece |access-date=2023-04-30 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Dates unknown ==

* By following the [[National Policy on Education|National Policy on Education 1986]], [[Kerala]] implements ''Pre-Degree Course (Abolition) Act, 1997'' and brings pre-degree from University to [[Higher secondary school|Higher secondary education]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohandas |first=K. |date=2016-11-01 |title=Ten decisions that changed Kerala {{!}} Ten decisions that changed Kerala |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/011116/ten-decisions-that-changed-kerala.html |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* March 19 - [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], former Chief Minister, 88.
* September 9 - [[Chadayan Govindan]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist leader]], 69.

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[1998 in India]]

== References ==
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Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil at 06:06, 10 December 2025