21-12-2017, 04:59 PM
IMPORTANT YEARS
1959 - Liberation movement
1963 - First rocket tested from Thumba
1965 - KSRTC formed G. Sankarakurup. received first Jnanapith Award
1967- Lottery started in Kerala
1972 - Laksham veedu plan started.
1974 - Idukki dam constructed, Cochin Shipping coperation started
- Agricultural Labour Act came into force
1978 - Cochin stock exchange started
- Television broadcasting started from Trivandrum
1984- Last district of Kerala, Kasargod formed.
1985 - Malayalam broadcasting started by Doordarshan
1989 - Kottayam became the first complete literacy town in India
1990 - Ernakulam became the first complete literacy district in India.
1991 - Kerala became the first complete
1992 - literacy state in India - K.R. Narayanan elected as the 9thVice President of India. He is the first Keralite to became the Vice President of India 1993 - Sooranad Kunjan Pillai won first Ezhuthachan award
1994 - Panchayath Raj Bill was passed in Kerala (April 23)
1995 - Kerala Folklore Academy was established.
1996 - Kerala State Women’s Commission was established
1997 - K.R. Narayanan became the first Keralite to become the President of India.
1998 - New building of Kerala legislative assembly inaugurated.
- Kerala State Human Rights Commission established.
1999 - Kerala High Court ordered that smoking in public places is against law and order.
2000 - Justice K.K. Usha appointed as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, and she became first Malayali women to become the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.
2001- Koodiyattam was included in the UNESCO world heritage list.
2002 - Kerala was declared as the first ‘Baby friendly’ state in India.
2003- Vellanad in Thiruvananthapuram is declared as the first complete, computerised panchayat in Kerala.
- First heart transplantation in Kerala was carried by Dr. Jose chacko Periyapuram at Medical Trust Hospital, Ernakulam
2004 - - Adoor Gopalakrishnan received Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
- Kozhikode was declared as the first litter- free city in India
- The first ever Tsunami attack in Kerala
2005 - Vallarpadam Terminal project was formally 'launched by Manmohan Singh, then Prime Minister of India.
2006 - Kerala Kalamandalam got the status of Deemed University.
2007 - Kerala State Government declared Vallamkali (boat race) as sport event.
2008 - First edition of Grand Kerala Shopping Festival.
2008 - Kottayam was declared as first tobacco free district in Kerala.
2009 - Canonization of Sister Alphonsa by Pope Benedict XVI (12th October) .
2009 - Resul Pookutty received Oscar award for best sound mixing. (First malayali to get Oscar award)
- Ezhimala Naval Academy was established (8th January)
2010 - The Pearl Spot, which in local is known as ‘Karimeen’ is declared as the state fish of Kerala.
- Kannur was declared the first district with total primary education in India.
2011- Vallarpadam Terminal was inaugurated by Manmohan Singh.
2012 - Western Ghats was included in UNESCO world heritage site
-Thunchath Ezhuthachaii Malayalam University was established.
2013 - Classical Status to Malayalam Language (May 23)
- First All-women Post Office in Kerala was opened at PMG junction in Thiruvananthapuram
2014 - Malappuram Municipality became the first municipal body in India to win ISO certificate for quality management.
2015 - Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Euphrasia were canonized (23rdNovember)
2015 - Kochin airport became world’s first airport to operate fully on solar power.
- Kerala’s first IIT starts functioning at Palakkad district.
- Idukki became first district in India to have high speed rural broadband network.
2016 - Kerala became first state in India to achieve 100% primary education.
- Kerala was declared as India’s first digital state.
- India’s first gender park inaugurated at Kozhikode.
2017 - Kerala became the first state in India to publish sex offenders registry.
- Dr. Jose Chacko Periyapuram has performed the combined transplantation of heart and lungs at Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam.
