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← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Kerala → 2001 2002 2003
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Events in the year 2000 in Kerala .

Incumbents [ edit ]

Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala ? E.K. Nayanar

Events [ edit ]

• February 12 - Minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar resigns over sexual harassment complaint filed against him by Nalini Netto IAS . ^[1]
• June 1 - Kerala High Court declared Bandh as unconstitutional. ^[2]
• June 11 - Cochin International Airport became international airport.
• August 17 - Kairali TV a Malayalam language Television broadcasting service promoted by Communist Party of India (Marxist) launched.
• September - K.K. Usha became the first women Chief Justice of Kerala High Court . ^[3]
• September 27 - A girl named Asna aged 8 injured in a bomb attack on her home by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in Kannur district . ^[4]
• October 21 - A hooch tragedy in Kalluvathukkal claims 31 lives and eyesight of nearly 500 people. ^[5]
• December 12 - An Earthquake measuring 5.0 in Richter magnitude scale felt in Idukki district and Kottayam district of Kerala. ^[6]
• December 26 - Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives at Kumarakom for a week long holiday. ^{[7] [8]}

Deaths [ edit ]

• March 23 - Antony Padiyara , Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church , 79.
• April 27 - Puthupally Raghavan , political activist, 90.
• August 26 - Balan K. Nair , actor, 67.
• October 17 - Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair , Kathakali artist, 84.

See also [ edit ]

• History of Kerala
• 2000 in India

References [ edit ]

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