Events in the year 1999 in Kerala.
Incumbents
Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang
Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar
Events
January 14 - Fifty three pilgrims killed in 1999 Sabarimala stampede. January 26 - Relay satyagraha by environmental activists at Kozhikode against Mavoor Gwalior Rayons Factory. June 10 - Commercial operations started from new Nedumbassery Airport at Kochi with an Air India flight to Dammam. August 25 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader P. Jayarajan suffered a near fatal physical attack by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers at his home in Kadirur. September 11 - 1999 Indian general election took place in all 20 constituencies of Kerala. October 6 - United Democratic Front bagged 11 of the 20 parliamentary seats in 1999 Indian general election in Kerala. October 10 - Mavoor Rayons Factory stops production following 36 years long protests against pollution. November 11 - Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board established. November 14 - Nineteen passengers were killed and 90 were injured in a bus accident near Poredam Kollam district. December 1 - A school teacher named K.T. Jayakrishnan Master who was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker hacked to death in front of students by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers while he was teaching in Mokeri UP School at Kannur.
Deaths
January 8 - K.T. Achuthan, politician,87. April 10 - Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, writer and Jnanpith Award winner, 86. May 12 - Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, dancer, 84.
See also
History of Kerala 1999 in India
References