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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2003''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==

[[List of governors of Kerala|Governors of Kerala]] – [[Sikander Bakht]]

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

== Events ==
[[File:Gim2003kochi.png|thumb|Logo of Global Investors Meet]]
* January 13 - Joseph Cooper a [[US citizen]] involved in [[Pentecost]] activities attacked at [[Kilimanoor]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-01-20 |title=US missionary in Kerala asked to leave country |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-missionary-in-kerala-asked-to-leave-country/articleshow/34942946.cms |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-27 |title=An emerging threat |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30215797.ece |access-date=2026-02-03 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>
* January 18 - The two day ''Global Investors Meet'' organized by [[Government of Kerala]] begins at [[Kochi]]. The event was inaugurated by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[A. K. Antony]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=R. |last=Krishnakumar |title=Visions of development |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30215542.ece |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Frontline |date=13 February 2003 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2003 |title=PM to inaugurate Global Investors Meet in Kochi {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/pm-to-inaugurate-global-investors-meet-in-kochi/articleshow/33396443.cms |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
* February 19 - [[Muthanga incident|Muthanga firing incident]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-03-27 |title=The Muthanga misadventure |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30216169.ece |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>
* May 2 – The second [[Marad massacre]] took place, killing nine.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 19, 2003|first=M. G.|last=Radhakrishnan|title=Two massacres in over one year show even Kerala is not free of communal violence|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20030519-two-massacres-in-over-one-year-show-even-kerala-is-not-free-of-communal-violence-792882-2003-05-19|access-date=2022-01-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* May 13 – The first heart transplantation surgery in [[Kerala]] conducted at [[Medical Trust Hospital]], [[Kochi]] under the leadership of Dr. [[Jose Chacko Periappuram]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2003-07-28|title=The heart of the problem|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-heart-of-the-problem/article28443904.ece|access-date=2022-01-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* May 24 - [[P. C. Thomas]], [[Member of parliament]] from [[Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency]] becomes [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of State of Law and Justice]] in [[Second Vajpayee ministry]].
* July 14 – [[Kerala]] based [[News broadcasting]] TV channel [[Indiavision]] launched.
*September 28 - [[Sushma Swaraj]] meets and hugs two [[HIV/AIDS|HIV]] infected kids who faces social stigma.
* December 29 - [[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief minister of Kerala]] [[A. K. Antony]] opens the first reach of [[Goshree bridges]] between [[Ernakulam]] and [[Bolghatty Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-07-10 |title=The Hindu : A chronology of Goshree project |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031713390300.htm |access-date=2022-04-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040710080753/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031713390300.htm |archive-date=10 July 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Kerala observed 123 [[Hartal]] in 2003. Thereby effectively reducing working days to 160.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 19, 2004|first=P. K.|last=Surendran|title=Kerala only worked for 160 days in 2003|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-only-worked-for-160-days-in-2003/articleshow/927943.cms|access-date=2022-01-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* July 16 – [[K. P. A. C. Azeez]], 68, actor.
* October 10 - [[Nawab Rajendran]], 53, journalist and activist.

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2003 in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2000s in Kerala]]

2003 in Kerala - Revision history

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