2000 in Kerala
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Events
- February 12 - Minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar resigns over sexual harassment complaint filed against him by Nalini Netto IAS.[1][2] Another Indian Forest Service officer also filed complaint against him regarding an incident in 1999.[3]
- June 1 - Kerala High Court declared Bandh as unconstitutional.[4]
- 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.[5]
- September 27 - A girl named Asna aged 8 injured in a bomb attack on her home by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers in Kannur district.[6]
- October 21 - A hooch tragedy in Kalluvathukkal claims 31 lives and eyesight of nearly 500 people.[7]
- December 12 - An Earthquake measuring 5.0 in Richter magnitude scale felt in Idukki district and Kottayam district of Kerala.[8]
- December 26 - Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives at Kumarakom for a week long holiday.[9][10]
Birth
- Naslen - June 11
- Aarsha Chandini Baiju - November 8
