Kerala History_Timeline

Parasuraman (Puranam)
Mahabali (Puranam)
Parayi petta panthirukulam (Puranam)

5000 BCE - Edakkal Caves - Neolithic era (History)

AD
52 - St. Thomas Mission to Kerala 68 - Jews migrated to Kerala.
788-820 Birth of Sankaracharya.
825 - Kollavarsham (Beginning of Malayalam Era)
1292 - Marcopolo in Kerala.
1350 - 1632 - Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics - founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama
(present day Irinjalakuda)
1375 to 1475 - Cherusseri Namboothiri -Krishna Gatha
1498 - Vascoda Gama reaches Calicut.
1495-1575 - Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
1545-1819 - Arakkal kingdom
1573 - Printing Press in Kochi
1586 - Narayaniyam by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
1547-1640 - Poonthanam- Jnanappana
1600 - Excecution of Kunhali Marakkar by Portuguese
1678 - Hortus Malabaricus (meaning Garden of Malabar) published.
1695 Mamankam festival (brass lamp saves Zamoothiri)
(NB: started in Sangam Era (300BCE to 400CE), peaked during Kulasekhara era (8001102 AD).)

1705-1770 - Kunchan Nambiar, Ottamthullal

1741 - Battle of Kulachal Marthanda Varma
1766 -1792 mysore invasion (Haidar Ali and Tippu)
1772 - first book in Malayalam, Samkshepa Vedartham, published.
1797 - Revolution of Pazhassi
1809 - Kundara vilambaram - Velu Thampi Dalawa
1813 - 1846 - Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
1822-1859- Channar Lahala (Maru Marakkal Samaram)
1847 - first newspaper in Malayalam, Rajyasamacharam, published.
1848-1906 - Raja Ravi Varma
18731924 - Kumaran Asan
1887 - Kundalatha by Appu Nedungadi - first Malayalam novel.
1888 - Travancore Legislative Council , first Legislative Council in an Indian State, formulated
1888 - Aruvippuram Prathishtha by Sree Narayana Guru
1889 - Indulekha, a novel by O.Chandu Menon, published
1891 - Malayali Memorial
1896-1982 - V. T. Bhattathiripad
1908-1994 - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
1909- Aithihyamala- Kottarathil Sankunni
1914 - Umakeralam, a Mahakavyam by Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer published
1920-21 -Malabar Rebellion - Wagon tragedy
1924- Vaikom Satyagraham
1928 -Vigathakumaran, first Malayalam film, released
1930 - Vallathol establishes Kerala Kalamandalam
1936 - Kshetra Praveshana Vilambaram
1936 - Ramanan by Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
1938 - Balan, first Malayalam talkie, released

1940 - first hydro-electric project of Kerala at Pallivasal

1946 - Punnapra Vayalar Revolt.
1951 - Kerala People's Arts Club (KPAC)
1956 - kerala Piravi (November 1)
1957 - General Election. The first Communist Ministry headed by E.M.S
1959 - Vimochana Samaram, Kerala under President's rule.
1962- Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad established
1963 - Land Reforms Act enacted in Kerala.
1965 - First Jnanapeeda Award - G. Sankara Kurup -Odakkuzhal
1965 - Chemmeen released
1967 to 1970 - Naxalite movement in Kerala.
1970 - Naxalite Varghese murder
1976 - Rajan Case
197374 - Kerala wins Santosh Trophy in Football for the first time.
1980 - Rani Padmini , the first ship built in Cochin shipyard, launched.
1980 - S.K.Pottekkad wins the Jnanapith award - Oru Desathinte Katha.
1983 - Silent Valley became a National Park
1984 - the 14th district of Kerala, Kasargod, comes into existence.
1984 - Sukumar Azhikode 's Tatvamasi published.
1984 - P.T.Usha misses Olympic medal in a photo finish
1986 - P.T.Usha wins 4 golds at Seoul Asian Games,
1988 - Malayalam film Piravi released
1988 - Peruman durandam
1989 - Kottayam declared the first literate town in India
1990 - Ernakulam declared the first fully literate district of India.
1991 - Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
1997 - K.R. Narayanan - President of India

2001- ban on Endosulphan

2003 - Communal Riots in Maradu.
2004 - Tsunami
2009 - kerala features in National Geographic's 50 places of a Lifetime

Art and others

Kadhaprasangam - second half of 20th century
Kathakali - end of 17th century
Pulikali -Onam
Purathana Kavithrayangal - Ezhuthachan, Cherusseri, Kunchan Nambiar
Aaadhunika Kavithrayangal -

Asan, Ulloor, Vallathol