To help validate the timeline you are looking at, here are major events in Kerala that happened in 1964 that might be marked in a calendar or remembered in family history:
The year 1964 in Kerala began not on January 1st, but with the festival of Vishu in mid-April, which marked the Malayalam New Year's Day (Chingam 1, 1139). The calendar followed the sidereal solar cycle, dividing the year into six majestic seasons, each lasting two months: malayalam calendar 1964
The Malayalam calendar of 1964 is a document of a world that has since faded. It captures a Kerala where the roar of the Edavam monsoon was more powerful than any government announcement, where the arrival of the Chingam star signified not just a month but the joy of Onam, and where time was a cycle of ritual and nature, not just a ticking clock. To look back at 1964 through this calendar is to see a people deeply rooted in their soil, stars, and seasons, navigating the quiet dawn of modernity with one foot in the ancient Kollavarsham and the other in a rapidly changing India. To help validate the timeline you are looking
The Malayalam months in 1964 spanned two Gregorian months. For example, the year started with and Makaram running through January. Gregorian Month Corresponding Malayalam Months (Approx.) Key Events January Dhanu / Makaram Makaram 1 fell on January 15. March Kumbham / Meenam Meenam 1 fell on March 14. April Meenam / Medam Vishu (Medam 1) occurred on April 14. August Karkadakam / Chingam Chingam 1 (Malayalam New Year 1140) was August 16. September Chingam / Kanni Vinayaka Chathurthi was September 9. Astrological and Solar Events To look back at 1964 through this calendar