Template:Year in KeralaEvents in the year 1982 in Kerala.
Incumbents
- Jothi Venkatachalam - till October
- P. Ramachandran - from October
Events
- 5 March - A. K. Saseendran moves resolution to remove Speaker of the Legislative Assembly A. C. Jose who exercised Casting vote eight times to save minority government.[1][2]
- 17 March - Kerala placed in President's rule following Lonappan Nambadan withdrawing support to Second Karunakaran ministry.[3]
- 1 April - Governor of Kerala inaugurates Government Medical College, Thrissur as the fifth medical college in state.
- 5 April - A meeting named Visala Hindu Sammelam in Ernakulam presided by Rajendra Singh and Chinmayananda Saraswati declare Karkidakam as Ramayana month.[4][5]
- 19 May - 1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election held and for the first time in India Electronic voter machine introduced in Paravur Assembly constituency.[6]
- 3 September - A hooch tragedy in Vypin claims 78 lives.[7][8]
- 1 November - Pathanamthitta district formed as thirteenth district of state following pact between K. Karunakaran and K.K. Nair MLA.[9]
- 28-29 December - Clashes between Muslims and Kerala Police in Alappuzha following a Eid-Milad rally related scuffle.[10]
- 30 December - Communal violence and riots in various parts of Thiruvananthapuram city.[11][12]
- 31 December - Police firing at Mattancherry against rioters following communal clashes.[13]
Dates unknown
- P. Parameswaran establishes Hindutva think tank Bharatiya Vichara Kendram in Thiruvananthapuram.
- March - Religious violence in various parts of Kanyakumari district between Christians and Hindus such as Mandaikadu.
- Left Democratic Front and United Democratic Front stabilizes as coalition fronts.
Birth
- 15 February - Meera Jasmine, actress.
- 8 August- Fahadh Faasil, actor.
- 16 October - Prithviraj Sukumaran, actor.
Deaths
- 5 May - Accamma Cherian, politician (b.1909)
- 6 August - S.K. Pottekkatt, writer (b.1913)
See also
References
- ↑ Business- Kerala Legislature. www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ↑ Kerala Chronicles: How an Assembly Speaker kept a Congress govt afloat for 3 months in 1982, Balan, Rakesh Mehar,Saritha S.. The News Minute(2017-06-19). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ↑ March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala. The Indian Express(2022-03-18). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ How Karkidakam got its ‘holy’ tag. The Hindu(2019-07-17). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ CPM’s ‘epic’ experiment comes full circle. The Times of India(2018-07-13). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982. The Hindu(2021-03-06). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29. m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Vypeen hooch tragedy turns 40. The Hindu(2022-09-01). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ↑ K K Nair passes away, Service, Express News. The New Indian Express(2013-02-08). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Rampaging mobs take over Trivandrum two days after police firing in Alleppey, Pillai, Sreedhar. India Today(2013-07-30). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ KERALA-Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots | Economic and Political Weekly. www.epw.in(1983-02-12). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Political Backdrop to Trivandrum Riots. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Date).
- ↑ Police opened fire today on a rioting mob in... - UPI Archives. UPI. Retrieved 2025-12-09.