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Kerala

Indian state

24 dated entries naming Kerala, drawn from 21 separate years between 192 CE and 2020 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 192Syriac Christians establish an early Christian community in Kerala, India.source

4th century

  • 345Merchant Knai Thomman and 400 followers visit the Malabar Coast in Kerala (India), and assist the church there.source

14th century

  • 1381October 10 – The Church of Koratty Muthy is established by Roman Catholic missionaries and local Christians on the Indian subcontinent at Koratty in the Venadu kingdom, now part of the Kerala state in India.source

15th century

  • 1404July 27 – In Southern India, Bukka Raya II becomes the new ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in what are the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.source
  • 1432December 10 – The Ming Chinese expedition stops briefly at the Calicut Kingdom (now part of the Kerala state of India) and leaves on December 14 to sail westward across the Indian Ocean toward the island of Hormuz.source

16th century

  • 1503Pallipuram Fort established by the Portuguese in Keralasource
  • 1503St. Francis Church, in Kochi, Kerala, the oldest European church in Indiasource
  • 1503April 2 – The Kingdom of Cochin (ruled by a Portuguese-installed raja, Unni Ramman Koyil II in modern-day India's Kerala state) is invaded by 50,000 Nair troops of the Zamorin of Calicut.source
  • 1505August 15 – The Portuguese State of India is founded in what is now the state of Kerala, after the Kingdom of Portugal takes over territory of the Bijapur sultanate at Calicut.source
  • 1571July 14 – In what is now the state of Kerala in India, the Siege of Chaliyam begins as the Zamorin of Kozhikode, Mana Vikrama, sends troops to starve out the Portuguese Empire's Chale fortress. The Portuguese defender, Dom Jorge de Castro, is allowed to surrender the fort in November and the Portuguese are allowed to march out of the fort. De Castro is executed by the Portuguese Governor-General after returning to Portuguese controlled Goa.source
  • 1579Kottayam Cheriapally was built in Keralasource

17th century

  • 1661December 24 – The Indian city of Quilon (now Kollam in the Kerala state), ruled by Portugal since 1498, is captured by the Dutch East India Company.source

18th century

  • 1725January 15 – James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at this time, the "Presidency of Fort St. George"), and begins major reforms. The area administered is most of Southern India, including what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, parts the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and the union territory of Lakshadweep.source
  • 1792Tipu Sultan invades Kerala, India, but is repulsed.source

19th century

  • 1839Feast of Saint Raphael, Ollur is held for the first time in Ollur, near Thrissur, Keralasource

20th century

  • 191129 August – The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India) for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese.source
  • 1956November 1 – The States Reorganisation Act of India reforms the boundaries and names of Indian states. Three new states, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, are formed.source
  • 1957April 5 – The Communist Party of India wins the elections in Kerala, making E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister.source
  • 1958Vimochana Samaram against First Namboodiripad ministry in Keralasource
  • 195829 April - Food poisoning caused by leakage of Folidol during transportation kills 74 in a Lok Sahayak Sena camp at Sasthamkotta, Kerala.source
  • 1959July 31 - The EMS ministry, an elected communist government in Kerala brought down through President's rule following Vimochana Samaram.source
  • 1963Indo Swizz project started at Kerala for developing new cattle breed.source

21st century

  • 2018August 10–20 – Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.source
  • 2020August 7 – Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 19 of the 191 people on board.source

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