2016 in Kerala

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Events in the year 2016 in Kerala.

Incumbents

Governor of Kerala - P. Sathasivam

Chief minister of Kerala - Oommen Chandy (till May), Pinarayi Vijayan (from May)

Events

• January 19 - Former Ambassador T. P. Sreenivasan assaulted by Students' Federation of India workers at Global Education Summit venue in Thiruvananthapuram.[1]
• February 17 - Kerala Police launched Cumbersome project. A smart policing and cyber policing initiative.[2]
• February 29 - Kerala Police arrests promoters of mPhone, Anto Augustine and Josekutty Augustine before launch on count of Mango Phone Scam.[3][4]
• March 9 -
  • Radical Islamic groups protests attacks and imposes online boycott on Mathrubhumi following a mention of Prophet in a column named AppTalks.[5]
  • Janadhipathya Kerala Congress formed through a split from the Kerala Congress (M).
• April 10 - Puttingal temple fire
• April 28 - Jisha murder case[6]
• May 16 - 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• June 15 - A terror outfit that supports Al-Qaeda carried out low intensity Improvised explosive device blasts in Collectorate, Kollam.[7]
• November 7 - Pulimurugan became the first Malayalam movie to cross 100 crore in box office.[8]

Deaths

• January 25 - Kalpana (Malayalam actress), 50
• March 6 - Kalabhavan Mani, 45, actor.
• March 25 - Jishnu Raghavan, 37, actor.

See also

• History of Kerala
• 2016 in India

References

1. "Kerala: CPM student activists assault former diplomat T P Sreenivasan". The Indian Express. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
2. "Kerala police Cyberdome wins laurels in cyber security". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
3. John, Haritha (2016-03-01). "Explained: The what and why of Kerala's rotten Mango phone scam". The News Minute. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
4. "Owners of Kerela's Mango brand and mPhone arrested on charges of fraud". Firstpost. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
5. Devasia, T. K. "Despite apology, Kerala's Mathrubhumi newspaper faces online boycott drive from radical Muslim groups". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
6. "What is Jisha rape and murder case?". The Indian Express. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
7. "Kollam Collectorate blast: Kerala court sentences three to life term". The Hindu. 2024-11-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
8. "Pulimurugan entered 100 crore club". The Hindu.

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