2002 in Kerala

Events in the year 2002 in Kerala.

Incumbents
Governors of Kerala


 * Sukhdev Singh Kang (till April)
 * Sikander Bakht (since April)

Chief minister of Kerala – A. K. Antony

Events

 * February 6 - Government employees and teachers in Kerala started indefinite strike.
 * April 22 - Group of villagers and Adivasis starts Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle.
 * July 27 - Kumarakom boat disaster; State Water Transport Department boat accident near Kumarakom kills 29 passengers.
 * October 1 - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation launches Volvo B7R buses in Thiruvananthapuram - Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram - Palakkad routes and becomes the third government transport company in India to achieve this feat.
 * November 18 - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam inaugurates Akshaya project a Computer literacy and governance through ICT project of Government of Kerala.

Date not known

 * Kerala introduces three new RTO codes namely KL-16, KL-17 and KL-18 at Attingal, Muvattupuzha and Vatakara.

Deaths

 * January 2 - Geetha Hiranyan, 43, poet.
 * January 6 - Kunjandi, 82, actor.
 * June 19 - N. F. Varghese, 53, actor.
 * July 1 - Saswathikananda, 52, head of Sivagiri mutt.
 * September 24 - P. R. Pisharoty, physicist, 93.
 * December 23 - Ratheesh, 48, actor.