2006 in Kerala
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Events in the year 2006 in Kerala.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors of Kerala - R.L. Bhatia
Chief ministers of Kerala - Oommen Chandy (until May), V. S. Achuthanandan (starting in May)
Events
[edit]- 7 January – K. G. Balakrishnan inaugurates National University of Advanced Legal Studies.
- 11 February - Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, Chief Justice of India inaugurates the new building of Kerala High Court.
- 25 February – A nun named Ancy Varghese aged 28 found dead in a well adjacent to the Bethany Monastery, Perunad, Ranni.[1]
- 3 March – Twin blasts near Kozhikode bus stand in Mavoor Road.[2]
- 22 April – First phase of 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election..
- 29 April – Second phase of 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
- 1 July - Government of Kerala gives RTO codes to various Sub-RTO's resulting taking total number of RTO codes in state to KL-60.[3]
- 23 July - Tantri case involving Sabarimala Temple priest Kantararu Mohanararu.
- 27 July – Chikungunya outbreak detected at Alappuzha district. The state is seeing an outbreak after 30 years.[4]
- 15 August - Five youth arrested near Panayikulam for allegedly organising is a secret meeting of Students' Islamic Movement of India.[5]
- August 18 - The first digital movie in Malayalam cinema, Moonnamathoral released.[6]
- September 3 - a group of friends from Manjummel Kochi, Kerala went to explore the Guna cave as one among them named Subhash fell into the hole. Later he was rescued through huge efforts, mainly by his friend Siju David and locals with the support of police. In 2008 Siju was awarded Jeevan Raksha Padak for his Bravery and based on this incident Manjummel boys was released in 2024
- 14 November - Salem railway division created by bifurcation of Palakkad railway division. The division reduced route km under Palakkad from 1757 kms to 578 kms and brought a significant fall in revenue.[7]
Deaths
[edit]- May 27 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, 62, actor
- July 18 V. P. Sathyan, 41, football player
- October 19 - Srividya, 53, actress.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nun found dead in a well – NCHRO". Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Oommen, Rickson (January 27, 2022). "Kerala HC acquits Nazeer, others in Kozhikode twin blasts case". India Today. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "From KL 01 to KL 79: the registration numbers and places in Kerala". OnManorama. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "'Chikungunya in Kerala after 30 years'". Hindustan Times. 2006-10-07. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Ameerudheen, T. A. (2019-05-14). "'Why did media print fake stories about us?': Kerala men cleared of terror charges after 13 years". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ "The Hindu : Kerala / Thrissur News : Digital movie in Malayalam released". web.archive.org. 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ Radhakrishnan, S. Anil (2014-06-02). "Kerala rail zone in lieu of two truncated divisions". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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