2009 in Kerala
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Events
- January 8 - Manmohan Singh inaugurates Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kannur.
- March 16 -
- April 16 - 2009 Indian general election in Kerala held in Kerala as Phase 1 of 2009 Indian general election.
- May 17 - 2009 Beemapally police shooting
- June 4 - Central University of Kerala established at Kasaragod.[1]
- July 10 - A minor Pipe bomb blast occurred in Collectorate Ernakulam district.[2]
- July 12 - Communist Party of India (Marxist) expels senior leader V. S. Achuthanandan from its Politburo following stand against Pinarayi Vijayan on Lavalin Case.[3]
- August 21 - Paul M George of The Muthoot Group murdered by assailants following a road rage incident.[4][5]
- September 9 = Mathew T. Thomas , Transport minister resigns from Achuthanandan ministry following rift between JD (S) and CPI(M).[6]
- September 22 - M. P. Veerendra Kumar led faction from Janata Dal (Secular) joins UDF by leaving LDF following tensions after denying party the Kozhikode seat and Kumar losing confidence of Pinarayi Vijayan.[7]
- September 23 - A gang of DHRM (Dalit Human Rights Movement) workers killed a senior citizen named Sivaprasad, who went for morning walk near Ayiroor, Thiruvananthapuram.[8]
- September 30 - Nearly 45 tourists killed in 2009 Thekkady boat disaster by drowning in the reservoir.[9]
- November 8 - A non resident Keralite named Bhaskara Karanavar got killed in his home at Cheriyanad by Contract killers arranged by daughter in law.[10]
- November 10 - United Democratic Front wins By-election held to three assembly seats namely Kannur, Alappuzha and Ernakulam.[11]
- December 31 - A truck carrying Liquefied petroleum gas accident in Karunagappalli claims twelve lives.[12]
