Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.
Incumbents
Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang
Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar
Events
28 February - Parliament elections for 12th Loksabha held in Kerala. 3 March - United Democratic Front bagged 11 out of 20 seats in the Parliament elections. 31 March - Peoples Democratic Party leader and Islamic fundamentalist Abdul Nazer Mahdani arrested from Kaloor in connection with 1998 Coimbatore bombings and Hate speech. 17 May - Prime Minister of India inaugurates Kudumbashree at Malappuram district. 22 May - President of India K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the new legislative assembly building Niyamasabha Mandiram of Kerala. 30 July - An Indian Airlines Dornier aircraft crashed at Kochi during take-off and kills nine people which includes six passengers. 14 November - Enathu Bridge inaugurated and opened for traffic by P. J. Joseph. November - Former Central Reserve Police Force constable Ramachandran Nair confesses before media that deceased Naxalite Arikkad Varghese, was killed in an encounter killing in 1970.
Dates unknown
By following the National Policy on Education 1986, Kerala implements Pre-Degree Course (Abolition) Act, 1997 and brings pre-degree from University to Higher secondary education.
Deaths
March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88. September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.
See also
History of Kerala 1998 in India
References