1958 in Kerala
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Events in the year 1958 in Kerala.
Events
- 29 April - Food poisoning from flour containing Parathion claimed 108 lives in Kerala. The gravest incident occurred at a Lok Sahayak Sena camp in Sasthamkotta where 74 got killed.[1][2]
- 19 May - Rosamma Punnoose won the first ever byelection to state assembly from Devikulam Assembly constituency. She who won the constituency was removed by court intervention which led to byelection.[3][4]
- 26 July - Two Revolutionary Socialist Party affiliated cashew workers killed in police firing at Chandanathope.[5]
- 20 October - Two tea plantation workers including a pregnant women killed in police firing at Munnar.[6]
Dates unknown
Births
- 28 April - Jose Chacko Periappuram cardiac surgeon who performed first Heart transplantation in state.
- 26 June - Suresh Gopi - actor and politician.
