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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2001''' 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]] (till May)
* [[A. K. Antony]] (since May)

== Events ==

* January 6 - [[2001 Aluva massacre]]
* February - A thirteen year old girl named Krishnapriya was raped and killed by a youth named Ahmed Koya near Manjeri.
* March 11 - Forty one passengers suffered death by burns following a bus accident at Pookkiparamba near [[Kottakkal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=John |first=Haritha |date=2022-05-08 |title=Azeez, who exhumed Rifa Mehnu’s body, has been doing it for 4 decades for free |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/azeez-who-exhumed-rifa-mehnu-body-has-been-doing-it-4-decades-free-163713 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>
* April 10 - A scientist killed due to explosion of a missile at Naval Armament Depot, [[Aluva]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Missile blows up in Cochin arms depot |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/11cochin.htm |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
* May 10 - [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] held.
* May 17 - [[Indian National Congress]] led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] came into power in [[Kerala]] under the leadership of [[A. K. Antony]].
* June 22 - [[Kadalundi train derailment]] in [[Malappuram district]] claims 59 lives.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-06-23 |title=Train plunges into river in Kerala, more than 50 killed |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/train-plunges-into-river-in-kerala-more-than-50-killed/articleshow/1942943020.cms |access-date=2023-03-28 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* June 30 - [[Mavoor]] [[Gwalior Rayons]] factory shutdown following decades of environmental activism.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Govind |first=Biju |date=2019-09-30 |title=Exploring Malabar's forgotten industrial town, Mavoor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malabars-macondo/article29560559.ece |access-date=2025-01-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* August 29 - October 16 - [[C. K. Janu]] led ''Kudil Ketti Samaram'' before [[Kerala Government Secretariat]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why are they still standing? – Historic Struggle of Adivasis in Kerala – Sanhati |url=https://sanhati.com/excerpted/12391/ |access-date=2026-02-03}}</ref>
* September 12 - [[Government of India]] notifies [[Minimum support price (India)|Minimum support price]] for [[Natural rubber]] belonging to higher grades.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Govt intervention can hurt market: Experts|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/mar/23/govt-intervention-can-hurt-market-experts-2558627.html|newspaper=New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Parikh |first=Kirit S. |last2=Ganesh-Kumar |first2=A. |last3=Darbha |first3=Gangadhar |date=2003 |title=Growth and Welfare Consequences of Rise in MSP |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4413277 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=38 |issue=9 |pages=891–895 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>
* September 25 - [[Red rain in Kerala]] in [[Kottayam district]].
* November 9 - A [[landslide]] at [[Amboori]], [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] claims 39 lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amboori residents recall tragic landslide of 2001 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/aug/19/amboori-residents-recall-tragic-landslide-of-2001-2020788.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* November 21 - Clinical services commenced in [[Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery]].
* December 8 - [[Indian Federal Democratic Party]] headed by [[P. C. Thomas]] extends support to ruling [[National Democratic Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: 6-member party extends support to NDA government |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/08nda.htm |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>

=== Dates unknowwn ===

* [[Third Antony ministry]] allows self financing colleges in [[Kerala]] for professional courses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-01-25 |title=Court fiat on Kerala law |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30190043.ece |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>

==Birth==

* [[Mamitha Baiju]]
* 27 August - [[Esther Anil]]

== Deaths ==

* January 17 - [[P. R. Kurup]], 85, politician.
* April 7 - [[G. N. Ramachandran]], 78, [[Physicist]]
* July 9 - [[Victor George]], 46, [[Photography|Photographer]].

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2001 in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2001 in India|Kerala]]

2001 in Kerala - Revision history

OrenCombs50836 at 05:38, 16 March 2026