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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2005''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==

[[List of governors of Kerala|Governors of Kerala]] - [[R. L. Bhatia]]

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief ministers of Kerala]] - [[Oommen Chandy]]

== Events ==

=== January - June ===
* January 4 - Minister [[P. K. Kunhalikutty]] submits resignation following [[Ice cream parlour sex scandal]] case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-05 |title=Kunhalikutty resigns finally |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/kunhalikutty-resigns-finally/123601/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=The Financial Express |language=en-US}}</ref>
* February 9 - Forest Minister [[K. P. Viswanathan]] resigns following remarks of [[Kerala High Court]] on him helping [[Sandalwood]] smuggling mafia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2005 |title=Kerala forest minister resigns|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-forest-minister-resigns/articleshow/1016049.cms |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
* February 15 - A youth named Praveen was abducted and murdered in [[Kottayam district]] by a [[Deputy superintendent of police|Dy.SP]] rank official of [[Kerala Police]] with the help of goons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gory murders stalk Kottayam, leave a trail of mystery |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2017/08/28/murders-kottayam-mystery-manganam-crime.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=High Court upholds life-term for former DySP |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2009/dec/11/high-court-upholds-life-term-for-former-dysp-111865.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* May 1 – [[Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)]] founded at [[Thrissur]] by [[K. Karunakaran]] following split from [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 16, 2005|first=M. G.|last=Radhakrishnan|title=Former Kerala CM Karunakaran launches new party, woos Marxists for survival|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20050516-former-kerala-cm-karunakaran-launches-new-party-woos-marxists-for-survival-787781-2005-05-16|access-date=2022-01-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* May 26 - [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] results with grading system replaced existing ranking system in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-26 |title=Kerala school board announces results with new grading system |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/kerala-school-board-announces-results-with-new-grading-system-1.288897 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=gulfnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
* June 22 – [[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Wayanad]] established.

=== July - December ===
* July 17 - [[Kodiyeri Balakrishnan]] moved a [[Motion of no confidence]] against [[First Chandy ministry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Analysis {{!}} How Oommen Chandy handled a flurry of corruption charges during 'no confidence 2005' |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2020/08/27/no-confidence-motion-oommen-chandy-2005-pinarayi-vijayan.html |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=OnManorama}}</ref>
* July 20 - [[Kanichukulangarayil CBI|Kanichukulangara]] murders by Himalayan Chit Fund Group promoters against rival chit business company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heinous Kanichukulangara murder: ‘Accused’ lorry to be dismantled |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/aug/11/heinous-kanichukulangara-murder-accused-lorry-to-be-dismantled-2486282.html |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* July 27 - [[Sessions Court|Additional Sessions Court]] [[Thalassery]] gave [[Death-sentence]] for the five convicts of 1999 Jayakrishnan Master murder.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Pradeepan Vs State of Kerala |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1684683/ |journal=Indian Kanoon}}</ref>
* July 28 –
** [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] addressed [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] and presented a 'Vision 2010' for the state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-02-04 |title=Rs 13,495 cr resource blueprint for Kalam's Vision Kerala |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/rs-13495-cr-resource-blueprint-for-kalams-vision-kerala/57008/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Financial Express |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Victers TV]] an [[educational entertainment]] channel in [[Malayalam language]] operated by [[Department of General and Higher Education (Kerala)]] launched.
* August 1 - [[Underpass]] at [[Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram]] inaugurated by [[Oommen Chandy]]. The works of the 300 m long underpass in middle of the city was completed in record time of seven and half months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-06 |title=The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Palayam underpass to be opened on August 1 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/29/stories/2005072916340300.htm |access-date=2022-04-25 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906220149/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/29/stories/2005072916340300.htm |archive-date=6 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* September 9 - [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] bus was hijacked and set ablaze near [[Kalamassery]] by followers of [[Abdul Nazer Mahdani]] for his release from prison in connection with [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 Kalamassery bus burning case: Fourth accused deported from Saudi Arabia, arrested in Delhi |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/apr/27/2005-kalamassery-bus-burning-case-fourth-accused-deported-from-saudi-arabia-arrested-in-delhi-1807120.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* September 27 – Custodial death of a youth named Udayakumar in custody of Fort Station, [[Kerala Police]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-07-25|title=Two policemen get capital punishment in Udayakumar custodial death case in Kerala|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/two-policemen-sentenced-to-death-in-udayakumar-custodial-death-case/article24510604.ece|access-date=2022-01-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* October - [[Left Democratic Front]] sweeps the 2005 local polls held during September by winning more than 70% of [[Gram panchayat|Gram panchayats]], 110/152 [[Block panchayat|Block panchayats]], 11/14 [[District council (India)|District councils]], 34/52 [[Municipal council|Municipal councils]] and all the five [[Municipal corporation|Municipal corporations]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-10-20 |title=Kerala's choice |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/article30206783.ece |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* March 30 - [[O. V. Vijayan]], writer, 74.
* November 9 – [[K. R. Narayanan]], former [[President of India]].

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2005 in India]]

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

2005 in Kerala - Revision history

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