| |
Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1878 | - 1878—1958: Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. His outstanding works are Badhira Vilapam, Bandhanasthanaya Anirudhan, Oru Katha, Sishyanum Makanum, Magdalana Mariyam, Kochu Sita, Achanum Makalum, Sahitya Manjari, etc. He also translated Valmiki Ramayana and Rig Veda into Malayalam. Vallathol's efforts resulted in the revival of the art of Kathakali.
|
| 2 | 1962 | - 3 Jul 1962: Since the beginning of the Syro-Malabar church, its liturgy was in Syriac and went through Latinization like many other churches in the 16th century. As a movement for better understanding of the liturgical rites, a restored Eucharistic liturgy, drawing on the original East Syrian sources, was approved by Pope Pius XII in 1957 and for the first time on the feast of St. Thomas on July 3, 1962, the vernacular, Malayalam, was introduced for the celebration of the Syro-Malabar rite Mass.
|
| 3 | 1969 | - 1969: Astronauts walk on the moon
|
| 4 | 1971 | - 1971: Third India-Pakistan war over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan
|
| 5 | 1974 | - 18 May 1974: India carries out its first nuclear tests, code named Smiling Buddha
|
| 6 | 1975 | - 1975—1977: Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice. Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced.
|
| 7 | 1976 | - 12 Feb 1976: Commercial operation of the Idukki Power Station was commissioned
|
| 8 | 1985 | - 1 Jan 1985: Television broadcasting in Kerala was started by the Doordarshan, the official television channel of the government of India.
|
| 9 | 1998 | - 11 May 1998: India carries out its second nuclear tests, Pokhran-II
|
| 10 | 2000 | - May 2000: India marks the birth of its billionth citizen
|
| 11 | 2004 | - 26 Dec 2004: Indian Ocean Tsunami, killing about 230,000 people in eleven countries, including about 18,000 from India. The tsunami was triggered due to an earthquake of magnitude ~9.1 in the Indian Ocean, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
|
| 12 | 2008 | - 12 Oct 2008: Sr. Alphonsa canonized as Saint by Pope Benedict XVI at Vatican. St. Alphonsa from Bharananganam, Kottayam became the second person of Indian origin (first person with both parents Indians) to be canonized as saint by the Catholic Church.
|
