* 17 March – [[Kerala]] placed in [[President’s rule]] following [[Lonappan Nambadan]] withdrawing support to [[Second Karunakaran ministry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-union-rule-in-kerala-7825172/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 17 March – [[Kerala]] placed in [[President’s rule]] following [[Lonappan Nambadan]] withdrawing support to [[Second Karunakaran ministry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=March 18, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Union Rule In Kerala |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-union-rule-in-kerala-7825172/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 5 April – A meeting in [[Ernakulam]] presided by [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]] and [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]] declare [[Karkidakam]] as [[Ramayana]] month.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuttoor |first=Radhakrishnan |date=2019-07-17 |title=How Karkidakam got its ‘holy’ tag |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-karkidakam-got-its-holy-tag/article28526420.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-13 |title=CPM’s ‘epic’ experiment comes full circle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpms-epic-experiment-comes-full-circle/articleshow/64970057.cms |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 5 April – A meeting in [[Ernakulam]] presided by [[Rajendra Singh (RSS)|Rajendra Singh]] and [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]] declare [[Karkidakam]] as [[Ramayana]] month.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuttoor |first=Radhakrishnan |date=2019-07-17 |title=How Karkidakam got its ‘holy’ tag |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/how-karkidakam-got-its-holy-tag/article28526420.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-13 |title=CPM’s ‘epic’ experiment comes full circle |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpms-epic-experiment-comes-full-circle/articleshow/64970057.cms |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
* 19 May – [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] held and for the first time in [[India]] [[Electronic voting in India|Electronic voter machine]] introduced in [[Paravur Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopakumar |first=K. C. |date=2021-03-06 |title=EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/evms-were-used-first-time-in-kerala-in-50-booths-in-1982/article34005923.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 19 May – [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] held and for the first time in [[India]] [[Electronic voting in India|Electronic voter machine]] introduced in [[Paravur Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gopakumar |first=K. C. |date=2021-03-06 |title=EVMs were used first time in Kerala in 50 booths in 1982 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/evms-were-used-first-time-in-kerala-in-50-booths-in-1982/article34005923.ece |access-date=2025-12-09 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* 3 September – A hooch tragedy in [[Vypin]] claims 78 lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29 |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/23ker.htm |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
* 3 September – A hooch tragedy in [[Vypin]] claims 78 lives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: Another hooch tragedy in Kerala, toll 29 |url=https://m.rediff.com/news/2000/oct/23ker.htm |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=m.rediff.com}}</ref>
