Complete list of Hartals in Kerala from Jan-July 2008

53 of them. Lovely!

No.	Date	District	Political Party /Organisations	Cause
1	January 16, 2008	Kozhikode	Town Bus Stand Janakeeya Samiti	Protest against the traffic reforms in the town.
2	January 27, 2008	Thalassery,KANNUR	CPI(M)	Protest against the killing of a CPI(M) activist .
3	January 28, 2008	Vavakkad	BJP	Protest against the attack on three BJP activists at Vavakkad,Vadakkekka ra panchayat in the midnight.
4	January 30, 2008	Kollam	UDF & LDF	A mark of respect to RSP leader Baby John who passed away .
5	February 4, 2008	Chittur	Janata Dal(S)
6	February 6, 2008	Aluva		To condemn the attack on the MLA and others .
7	February 6, 2008	Palakkad	BJP	To Protest the arrest of some party workers under the ‘Goodas Act’.
8	February 13, 2008	Kodakara	BJP	To Protest against the clash on Feb 12 between BJP and CPM in the area..
9	February 14, 2008	Venmony,Chengannur	BJP	To Protest the setting ablaze of a local BJP leader’s house by CPI(M) activists early morning.
10	February 15, 2008	Chengannur	BJP	To Protest against the attack on the residence of BJP leader Shivan Pillai at Venmony .
11	February 19, 2008	Thiruvananthapuram	UDF	To Protest against what it termed the failure of the LDF government to address five major issues that directly affected the common man beyond the realm of politics.
12	February 20, 2008	Bharanikavu, Alappuzha	Traders Union	To Protest against attack on shops during the UDF harthal on Feb.19.
13	February 21, 2008	Choondal,Thrissur	Congress	To Protest against the violence following the by election in the area.
14	February 21, 2008	Chalakudy, Thrissur	BJP	To Protest against the attack on a BJP activist in the Chalakudy constituency.
15	February 22, 2008	Kottayi, PALAKKAD	Kottayi mandalam Congress committee	To Protest against the attack on two Congress activists by alleged BJP activists.
16	February 23, 2008	Kozhikode & Thrissur	Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi	For demanding that local bodies should not issue licences to retail giants who operate as monopolist traders.
17	February 25, 2008	Kumarapuram	Local traders and residents	To protest against the gangland violence.
18	February 28, 2008	Cherpu, Thrissur	BJP	To protest against the attack on a local BJP activist and leader.
19	March 6, 2008	Kannur & Mahe	BJP and RSS	To protest against the violence which resulted in the death of two RSS activists and one CPM worker in the Thalassery,Koothupa ramba areas of Kannur dist.
20	March 10, 2008	Punnapra	BJP	To protest against the attack on the BJP committee office in Paravur.
21	March 11, 2008	Vadavathur	Residents of Vadavathur	Protesting against the negligence shown in removing garbage piled up in the area.
22	March 19, 2008	Engandiyur and Vadanappilly, Thrissur	CPI(M)	To protest against the death of a DYFI activist who was assaulted by suspected RSS workers.
23	March 23, 2008	Enadimangalam , Pathanamthita	The temple advisory committee	Adoor Assistant Superintendent of Police assaulted Poothamkara Dharma Sastha Temple committee members who approached him to enquire about the manhandling of traders on the temple premises .
24	March 28, 2008	Kothamangalam	Congress	The incident of a lorry ramming into the Congress rally.
25	March 28, 2008	Mannar	CPI(M)	A mark of respect to the two schoolchildren who died after the compound wall collapsed on them at Kuttamperoor Vidyapradayini UP School at Mannar..
26	March 28, 2008	Kasaragod	UDF	To protest against the killing of Congress leader T. Balakrishnan at Kundar, Karadukka.
27	March 29, 2008	Kuttanad , Alappuzha	BJP	To protesting against alleged govt failure in preventing the suicide death of a grief stricken farmer,in the wake of the recent paddy crisis.
28	April 1, 2008	Kozhikode	Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithy .	To protest against the value-added tax (VAT), besides the proposed Kerala Buildings Lease Bill 2002, the hike in power tariffs and PFA licence fee.
29	April 2, 2008	Vallikodu,Aranmula	CPM local committees of Vallikodu gramapanchayath and Aranmula	To the demise of poet Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan.
30	April 7, 2008	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala Ration Dealers Association	To protest against the Centre’s decision to slash 4000 tonnes from the rice quota to the state.
31	April 15, 2008	Kasargod	BJP and Sangh Parivar associations	To protest against the killing of BJP activist Sandeep at Kasargod.
32	April 18, 2008	Kasargod	Sangh Parivar	To protest against the killing of BMS district vice president P.Suhas at Kasargod.
33	May 2, 2008	All Kerala	BJP	To protest against the spiralling hike in prices of essential commodities.
34	May 5, 2008	Thalassery,Kannur	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	To protest against the arrest of the three BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists on Saturday in connection with the murder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist K.P. Jijesh.
35	May 9, 2008	Chittur	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	To protest against the murder of their activist Suresh.
36	May 25, 2008	Kozhikode	CongressParty (BJP)	To protest against the torching of a Congress office here on Saturday night.
37	May 26, 2008	Kozhikode		To protest against the attempts by a group of people to set on fire the local IUML office, Bafaky Bhavan, on Sunday night.
38	May 29, 2008	Meyppayur,Nadapuram	UDF	To protest against the attack on Youth Congress activists by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) at Kakkattil on Wednesday.
39	May 31, 2008	Thriprayar,Thrissur	BJP,RSS, VHP and the Kshetra Samrakshana Samithy	Following a burglary incident at Thriprayar temple the previous night.
40	June 2, 2008	Kottayam	Kerala Vyapari Vayvasayi Ekopana Samithy	To protest against what they termed the unilateral action of the municipal authorities in demolishing shops along General Post Office Road in connection with the road widening project in the area.
41	June 4, 2008	Udumbanchola	BJP	To protest against the attack on Udumbanchola constituent assembly president C.Radhakrishnan at Third Camp.
42	June 4, 2008	Kattappana	UDF	To protest against the violent incidents which happened in Kattappana ..
43	June 5, 2008	All kerala	LDF & BJP	To protest against the central price hike in oil and diesel.
44	June 12, 2008	Kalamassery , Kochi	Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi	Following an incident wherein the police attacked the public including the Corporation Councillor for having allegedly blocked the dumping of waste from Cochin Corporation in the dumping yards of Kalamassery Corporation.
45	June 13, 2008	Idakkochi	Scheduled Castes/Tribes Joint Association	To protest against the attack on a harijan Youth and his family.
46	June 18, 2008	Mavelikara	UDF	To protest against the police lathicharge on KSU activists in Thiruvananthapuram.
47	June 20, 2008	Thrissur	Congress	Following an incident wherein the KSU activists,on a Collectorate march were lathicharged by the Police in Thrissur district
48	June 20, 2008	Neyyattinkara, Trivandrum	KSU	Protesting against the police lathi charge on KSU workers who reached Neyyattinkara to stage a demonstration.
49	June 21, 2008	Aluva	Congress	Following the violent incidents that took place during the education band.
50	June 21, 2008	Kottarakkara	Union	Protesting against the attacks made by the Police on KSU activists.
51	June 23, 2008	Peermedu,Idukki	CPI	The alleged attack on CPI leaders by the CPIM at Vandiperiyar .
52	June 27, 2008	Thiruvananthapuram	BJP	To protest against the alleged attack on party activists by the police and the CPI(M).
53	June 30, 2008	Idukki	UDF	Following widespread violence between CPI(M) and UDF activists in connection with the election to the director board of Kattappana Service Cooperative Bank