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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2002''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==

[[List of governors of Kerala|'''Governors of Kerala''']]

* [[Sukhdev Singh Kang]] (till April)
* [[Sikander Bakht]] (since April)

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|'''Chief minister of Kerala''']] – [[A. K. Antony]]

== Events ==

* 6 February - [[Government]] employees and teachers in Kerala started indefinite strike.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2002 |first=M. G. |last=Radhakrishnan |title=Kerala CM A.K. Antony's stand on striking unions receives strong public backing |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20020225-kerala-cm-a.k.-antony-stand-on-striking-unions-receives-strong-public-backing-795997-2002-02-25 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Biggest staff strike paralyses offices in Kerala |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/feb/06kerala.htm |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
* 2 March - [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] workers kills two [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] workers in [[Dharmadom|Meloor]], [[Kannur district]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=Melur double murder case: Supreme Court upholds life imprisonment of four CPM workers |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1456950&u=melur-double-murder-case-supreme-court-upholds-life-imprisonment-of-four-cpm-workers-1456950 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}</ref>
* 22 April - Group of villagers and [[Adivasi]]s starts [[Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (P) Ltd. vs Perumatty Grama Panchayat. {{!}} UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform |url=https://leap.unep.org/countries/in/national-case-law/hindustan-coca-cola-beverages-p-ltd-vs-perumatty-grama-panchayat |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=leap.unep.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ghoshray |first=Saby |date=2006–2007 |title=Searching for Human Rights to Water Amidst Corporate Privatization in India: Hindustan Coca-Cola Pvt. Ltd. v. Perumatty Grama Panchayat |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gintenlr19&id=651&div=&collection= |journal=Georgetown International Environmental Law Review |volume=19 |pages=643}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=The Hindu Net Desk |date=2017-07-15 |title=Water wars: Plachimada vs Coca-Cola |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/water-wars-plachimada-vs-coca-cola/article19284658.ece |access-date=2023-04-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 27 June - A person named Sankaranarayanan allegedly killed Ahmed Koya who raped and murdered his daughter an year ago in [[Manjeri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=When justice 'failed': In 2002, a Kerala man killed his child's rapist-murderer |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/12/06/when-justice-failed-in-2002-kerala-man-killed-child-rapist-murderer.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref>
* 27 July - [[2002 Kumarakom boat disaster|Kumarakom boat disaster]]; State Water Transport Department boat accident near [[Kumarakom]] kills 29 passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: 29 drown as boat capsizes near Kumarakom |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/27kera.htm |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
* 1 October - [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]] launches [[Volvo B7R]] buses in Thiruvananthapuram - Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram - Palakkad routes and becomes the third government transport company in India to achieve this feat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-11-07 |title=The Hindu Business Line : KSRTC plans to ply luxury buses |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/02/stories/2002100200521700.htm |access-date=2022-05-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107055050/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/10/02/stories/2002100200521700.htm |archive-date=7 November 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-09-30 |title=Forced Facelift Brings Fortune To Kerala's Public Transport |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/forced-facelift-brings-fortune-to-keralas-public-transport/58716/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Financial Express |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 18 November - [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] inaugurates [[Akshaya project]] a [[Computer literacy]] and governance through ICT project of [[Government of Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Akshaya Web Portal - Gateway of Opportunities |url=http://www.akshaya.kerala.gov.in/about |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.akshaya.kerala.gov.in}}</ref>

=== Date not known ===

* [[Kerala]] introduces three new [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India|RTO codes]] namely KL-16, KL-17 and KL-18 at [[Attingal]], [[Muvattupuzha]] and [[Vatakara]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From KL 01 to KL 79: the registration numbers and places in Kerala |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2020/05/15/vehicle-registration-kerala-number-plates.html |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=OnManorama}}</ref>

==Births==
* [[Anaswara Rajan]] - September 8
* [[Mathew Thomas]] - October 16

== Deaths ==

* January 2 - [[Geetha Hiranyan]], 43, poet.
* January 6 - [[Kunjandi]], 82, actor.
* June 19 - [[N. F. Varghese]], 53, actor.
* July 1 - Saswathikananda, 52, head of [[Sivagiri, Kerala|Sivagiri mutt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-16 |title=Swami Saswathikananda's death - Another twist in the tale |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/swami-saswathikananda-s-death-another-twist-tale-35198 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-19 |title=13 years after a death in Kerala river, new bubbles of suspicion rise to the surface |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/13-yrs-after-a-death-in-kerala-river-new-bubbles-of-suspicion-rise-to-the-surface/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* September 24 - [[P. R. Pisharoty]], physicist, 93.
* December 23 - [[Ratheesh]], 48, actor.

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2002 in India]]

== References ==
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2002 in Kerala - Revision history

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