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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2007''' in '''Kerala'''

== Incumbents ==

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

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief ministers of Kerala]] - [[V. S. Achuthanandan]]

== Events ==

* January 4 - ''Kerala Professional Colleges (Prohibition of Capitation Fee, Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Non-exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence in Professional Education) Act, 2006'' struck down by [[Kerala High Court]].<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>
* February 16 - Five live [[Cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] were recovered from the bag of [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] during [[Central Industrial Security Force|CISF]] checking in [[Chennai International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-02-18 |title=Cartridge in bag due to memory lapse: Vijayan |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cartridge-in-bag-due-to-memory-lapse-vijayan/articleshow/1633905.cms |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* February 20 - Eighteen were killed in [[2007 Thattekkad boat disaster|the Thattekkad boat disaster]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=Tanur tragedy one of the worst in history: Major boat accidents in Kerala |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/tanur-tragedy-one-of-the-worst-in-history-here-are-major-boat-accidents-in-kerala-1.8540452 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=english.mathrubhumi.com |language=en}}</ref>
* March 21 - [[Kottakkal]] [[Kerala Police|Police Station]] attacked by activists of [[National Development Front]] demanding release of their leaders, K Abdul Rehman and Baqafi A Sayeed who were arrested.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-03-22 |title=NDF activists attack Kottakkal police station; 27 arrested |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* April 5 - A major fire broke out at a cracker shop in [[Palayam, Kozhikode|Moideen Palli Road, Kozhikode]] killing eight and destroying 50 shops.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-01-30 |title=Court acquits firecracker shop owner |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/court-acquits-firecracker-shop-owner/article33706153.ece |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Damage from the major fire which broke on busy SM Street in Kozhikode |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2017/feb/22/damage-from-the-major-fire-which-broke-on-busy-sm-street-in-kozhikode-100254.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* May -
** A massive [[Chickungunya]] outbreak in [[Central Travancore]] region of [[Kerala]] claims 40 lives.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chikungunya outbreak in Kerala 2007|url=http://iictenvis.nic.in/Database/Chikungunya_outbreak_in_Kerala_2007_1057.aspx|access-date=2022-01-27|website=iictenvis.nic.in}}</ref>
** [[Chief minister]] constituted a three-member task force comprising K. Sureshkumar IAS, [[Rishiraj Singh]] IPS and [[Raju Narayanaswamy]] IAS launches a massive encroachment eviction drive in [[Munnar]], demolishing nearly 92 buildings and recovering land measuring 11,350 acres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-07-26 |title=Challenging task |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30192261.ece |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>
*May 28 - [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] acquitted by lower court at [[Kottayam]] in [[Vithura]] rape case.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-05-28 |title=Kerala actor Jagathy acquitted in sex scandal |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kerala-actor-jagathy-acquitted-in-sex-scandal/story-qOUjIOWuc6q1JicwE7JdTI.html |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* June 9 - ''Dalavapuram - Pallikkodi Bridge'' across [[Ashtamudi Lake]] opened. It is the longest bridge in South Kerala (506 m.) and connects [[Chavara Thekkumbhagom|Chavara Thekkumbhagam]] with [[Kollam]].
* June 28 - [[Deshabhimani]] newspaper faces criticism for accepting 2 crores from controversial [[Lottery]] businessman Santiago Martin.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-07-01 |title=Another scam puts Kerala CPM on the backfoot |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/another-scam-puts-kerala-cpm-on-the-backfoot/articleshow/2164291.cms |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* June 30 - A ship named ''MV Maria'' carrying iron materials from [[China]] to [[Albania]] sinks 10 km west of [[Kochi]] in [[Arabian Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-01|title=Cargo ship sinks off Cochin port|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cargo-ship-sinks-off-cochin-port/story-iEvigGAo46TnpwU9f5Fe0J.html|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
* July 20 - Controversy erupts following sale of 81 acres of land of Merchiston Estate in [[Ponmudi]] by Xavi Mano Mathew and Southern Field Ventures to [[ISRO]] for Rs. 3.26 crores for setting up [[Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology]]. The estate was notified as ''Ecological Fragile Land'' by [[Government of Kerala]] in June 2005 with retrospective effect from the June 2000. Mathew purchased this land from [[Birla group]] during March 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=archive |first=From our online |date=2012-05-16 |title=Merchiston-ISRO deal: Xavi flays Benoy Viswom |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/Apr/20/merchiston-isro-deal-xavi-flays-benoy-viswom-246134.html |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Kanoon |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1981148/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-03 |title=Space scam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/web-exclusive/story/20071008-space-scam-734276-2007-10-03 |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajayan |date=2007-12-26 |title=Kerala offers free land to keep Isro institute |url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/yWqFnqQ82T8PT9HQk6gQ8N/Kerala-offers-free-land-to-keep-Isro-institute.html |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-11-19 |title=ISRO land row: Govt told to produce local court's permission on re-investigation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/isro-land-row-govt-told-to-produce-local-courts-permission-on-re-investigation/articleshow/10787055.cms |access-date=2025-12-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* August 2 - [[Abdul Nazer Mahdani]] acquitted from [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]] arrives at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and address public gathering at [[Shankumugham Beach]] along with state ministers [[Kodiyeri Balakrishnan]], [[N. K. Premachandran]] and [[M. A. Baby]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-23 |title=Changing colours |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/article30192569.ece |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-08-02 |title=Political poles come together to cheer Madani |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/political-poles-come-together-to-cheer-madani/articleshow/2249547.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-10-28 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* August 28 - A hooch tragedy in a [[Toddy shop]] near [[Avaneeswaram]], [[Kollam district]] claims three lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Auvaneeswaram hooch tragedy |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/09/10/avaneeswaram-hooch-tragedy-case-hc-dismisses-bail-application-1189445531.html|website=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref>
* September 2 - Public works minister [[T. U. Kuruvilla]] resigns following allegations of him and family defrauding an NRI K.G. Abraham based in Kuwait for 6.7 crore rupees in a land deal based out of [[Rajakumari, Idukki district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-03 |title=Minister quits over Munnar land scam |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/minister-quits-over-munnar-land-scam/story-YluwEyXiCxZAsfiblzksTP.html |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sebastian |first=Don |title=Land scam costs Kerala minister job |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-land-scam-costs-kerala-minister-job-1119420 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-03 |title=Minister quits over Munnar land scam |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/minister-quits-over-munnar-land-scam/story-YluwEyXiCxZAsfiblzksTP.html |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* September 17 - Four killed in [[Idukki district]] following rupture of [[Penstock]] pipe of [[Ponmudi Dam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=By Akhel Mathew |date=2007-09-19 |title=Four dead in pipe burst at dam site |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/four-dead--in-pipe-burst-at-dam-site-1.201465 |access-date=2026-04-08 |website=Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema |language=en}}</ref>
* November 29 - [[Radio Mango 91.9]] starts the first private [[FM broadcasting]] in state from Kozhikode.
* December 10 - 12 - A [[terrorist training camp]] conducted by members of banned [[Students' Islamic Movement of India]] in [[Vagamon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-14 |title=NIA court convicts 18 of organising SIMI camp in Kerala’s Wagamon |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/18-found-guilty-by-nia-court-for-organising-simi-camp-in-kerala-s-wagamon/story-EY9UtIM2rWnYUcIPxX9HTL.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* December 30 -
** [[Chelembra bank robbery]]
** [[V. S. Achuthanandan]], the [[Chief minister]] of [[Kerala]] becomes first [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] leader to climb [[Sabarimala Trek]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-12-31 |title=Kerala CM first Marxist leader to visit Sabarimala |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-cm-first-marxist-leader-to-visit-sabarimala/articleshow/2664496.cms |access-date=2023-08-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* February 1 - [[A. V. Aryan]], politician
* April 1 - [[Laurie Baker]], 90, low cost [[Architecture|Architect]]
* June 3 - [[Pamman]], writer, 87.

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2007 in India]]

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

2007 in Kerala - Revision history

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