M. G. S. Narayanan

M. G. S Narayanan
Narayanan speaking at Kerala Literature Festival, Kozhikode (2017)
Born
Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara Narayanan

(1932-08-20) 20 August 1932 (age 92)
Ponnani, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materMadras Christian College, University of Madras (Master's Degree)
University of Kerala (Doctoral Studies)
Occupation(s)Historian
Academic
Political Commentator
Notable work
  • Cultural Symbiosis in Kerala (1972)
  • Perumals of Kerala (1972)
  • Calicut: The City of Truth Revisited (2006)
ChildrenVijay Kumar Narayanan and Vinaya Narayanan

Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara Narayanan, commonly known as M. G. S. Narayanan (born 20 August 1932) is an Indian historian, academic and political commentator. He headed the Department of History at Calicut University (Kerala) from 1976 to 1990.[1] and served as the Chairman (2001–03) of the Indian Council of Historical Research.

  1. ^ "On the wrong side of Left?". The Hindu. 16 June 2003. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2019.