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{{Year in Kerala}}

Events in the year '''2017''' in '''Kerala'''.

== Incumbents ==
[[List of governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]] – [[P. Sathasivam]]

[[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief minister of Kerala]] – [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]

== Events ==

* January 3 – [[Kerala Rail Development Corporation]] is incorporated.
* January 6 - Jishnu Pranoy, an 18 year old engineering student of [[Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre]] commits suicide following torture from college authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-01|title=Jishnu Pranoy death: Mother devastated after CBI absolves Nehru Group's Krishnadas|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/jishnu-pranoy-death-his-mother-devastated-cbi-absolved-nehru-groups-krishnadas-109791|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
* January 10 - [[Supreme Court of India]] bench headed by [[Jagdish Singh Khehar]] asks [[Government of Kerala]] to pay Rs. 500 crores of compensation to 5200 [[Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala|Endosulfan victims]] of [[Kasaragod district]] within 90 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tracking decades-long endosulfan tragedy in Kerala |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/health/tracking-decades-long-endosulfan-tragedy-in-kerala-56788 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.downtoearth.org.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rajagopal |first=Krishnadas |date=2022-05-16 |title=Kerala did virtually nothing for Endosulfan victims for 5 years: SC |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala-did-virtually-nothing-for-endosulfan-victims-for-5-years-sc/article65420193.ece |access-date=2023-09-07 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* February 17 - [[Sexual assault]] against [[Malayalam cinema]] actress [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] by a gang who was allegedly sent by [[Dileep]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Bhavana Menon- Dileep sexual assault case: A timeline of events |url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bhavana-menon-dileep-sexual-assault-case-a-timeline-of-events-444194 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=WION |language=en-us}}</ref>
* February 25 - [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] addresses a [[Religious harmony in India|''Souhardha Rally'']] organised by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in [[Mangalore]] defying threats from [[Sangh Parivar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mangaluru: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan arrives in city amid high security |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=439965 |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>
* March 6 - In relation to corruption case in [[Malabar Cements Limited]], industrialist V.M. Radhakrishnan surrendered before Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau, Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Controversial Kerala industrialist V M Radhakrishnan surrenders before Vigilance officials |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/mar/06/controversial-kerala-industrialist-v-m-radhakrishnan-surrenders-before-vigilance-officials-1578262.html |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* March 21 - Riyas Moulavi, [[Muezzin]] of a [[Mosque]] in [[Kasaragod]] stabbed and killed within mosque premises by allegedly [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] workers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasaragod Riyas Moulavi murder: Prosecution fails to prove motive, all three accused acquitted |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/03/30/riyas-moulavi-murder-case-court-acquitts-all-accused.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref>
* March 26 – Minister [[A. K. Saseendran]] resigns following [[sexual misconduct]] charges.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala minister A K Saseendran resigns over allegations of sexual misdemeanour|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kerala-minister-a-k-saseendran-quits-over-sleaze-talk/articleshow/57839111.cms|access-date=2022-01-23}}</ref>
* March 31 - [[State Bank of Travancore]] merged with [[State Bank of India]].
* April 5 - A [[Psychopathy|psychopath]] son kills four family members including his parents in Nanthancode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nanthancode multiple murder accused Cadell put on ventilator |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/01/27/nanthancode-murder-cadell-put-on-ventilator-critical-condition.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref>
* April 10 - Road traffic through [[Main Central Road]] diverted through [[Bailey bridge]] due to structural issues of [[Enathu Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-08-02 |title=Bailey’s decades-old history in Kerala |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Aug/02/baileys-decades-old-history-in-kerala |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* June 15 - [[Communist Party of India]] issues strong warning to its [[Nattika Assembly constituency]] MLA [[Geetha Gopi]] for ostentatious wedding of her daughter in [[Guruvayur]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-15 |title=CPI censures woman MLA Geetha Gopi over daughter’s ‘extravagant’ wedding |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cpi-censures-woman-mla-geetha-gopi-over-daughters-extravagant-wedding-4706007/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* June 17 - [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] inaugurates [[Kochi Metro]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-19|title=Kochi Metro inauguration highlights: PM Modi inaugurates rail service, says coaches reflect ‘Make in India’ vision|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kochi-metro-inauguration-live-updates-kerala-pm-narendra-modi-pinarayi-vijayan-kmrl-e-sreedharan-4708246/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* July 3 – The [[Supreme Court of India]] declares the Constitution of the Malankara Orthodox Church legal and valid, and applicable to all the parishes under the control of both [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Jacobite]] and [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church|Orthodox]] factions in the K.S. Varghese & Others v/s St Peter's & Paul's Syrian Orthodox Church & Others case.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-04|title=The Church dispute in Kerala: what Supreme Court ordered, government failed to do|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-church-dispute-in-kerala-what-supreme-court-ordered-government-failed-to-do-5813728/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* October 21 – [[District magistrate]] [[Alappuzha]], [[T. V. Anupama]] submits a report to [[Government of Kerala]] which confirms that the Lake Palace resort owned by Minister of Transport [[Thomas Chandy]] violated the [http://sanitation.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/the-kerala-conservation-of-paddy-land-and-wetland-act-2008.pdf Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet Land Act 2008] by encroaching upon [[Kuttanad]] paddy fields and [[Vembanad]] wetlands.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 22, 2017|first=P. S. Gopikrishnan|last=Unnithan|title=Kerala: Collector submits report in land grab case against Transport Minister Thomas Chandy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/collector-land-grab-case-transport-minister-thomas-chandy-1068904-2017-10-22|access-date=2022-01-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-16|title=Report on Lake Palace Resort to seek changes|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/161017/report-on-lake-palace-resort-to-seek-changes.html|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>
* November 1 - [[Women in Cinema Collective]] formed.
* November 15 – Minister of Transport [[Thomas Chandy]] resigns following allegations about him over Lake Palace resort, [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 6, 2017|first=P. S. Gopikrishnan|last=Unnithan|title=Kerala: Transport Minister Thomas Chandy to face more trouble in Lake Palace Resort case|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-transport-minister-thomas-chandy-lake-palace-resort-1080357-2017-11-06|access-date=2022-01-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
* November 20 - [[List of Passport Offices in India|Regional Passport Office Malappuram]] stops its operation and gets merged with RPO Kozhikode.<ref>{{Cite web |last=|first= |date=2017-10-20 |title=Malappuram to lose passport office, finally |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/201017/malappuram-to-lose-passport-office-finally.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref>
* November - [[Cyclone Ockhi]] claims 200 lives in [[Kanyakumari]] and more than 60 in [[Kerala]].

== Deaths ==

* March 13 – [[Diphan]], 45, [[film director]]
* April 13 – Munshi Venu, 63, actor
* May 20 - [[Mathunny Mathews]], 81, businessman famous for [[1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait]].
* August 28 – Santhi Mohandas, 36, dancer and wife of [[Bijibal]]
* October 24 – [[I. V. Sasi]], 69, [[film director]]
* November 30 – [[Kalabhavan Abi]], 52, [[mimicry]] artist

== See also ==

* [[History of Kerala]]
* [[2017 in India]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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2017 in Kerala - Revision history

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