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K M PANIKKAR
K.M. Panikkar was born at Kovalam in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1895. (Hence his full name, Kovalam Madhava Panikkar.) He was educated at Madras Christian College and later at Christ Church, Oxford, where he earned a First Class in History and became a Dixon Scholar. On his return to India, he joined the Aligarh Muslim University in 1919. In 1922, he gave up teaching despite an offer of a Readership in History from Calcutta University.
In 1924 Panikkar became the first editor of the Hindustan Times in Delhi. He left the paper later to join the services of the Indian Princely States as Secretary to the Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes. He served as Foreign Minister of the states of Patiala and Bikaner where he also later became Prime Minister and given the title of "Sardar". He participated in the Round Table Conference in 1930?33. After India's independence, Nehru prevailed upon him to serve as a diplomat and to evolve a pattern for Indian diplomacy. From 1948 to 1959 he held various diplomatic posts and became the chief architect of friendship between India and the People's Republic of China. He returned to education as Vice-Chancellor of Jammu & Kashmir University in 1961 and died as Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University on 11 December 1963.
Despite his forays into diverse fields, he remained essentially a scholar, publishing extensively and displaying as much interest in ancient Indian history as in more recent historical developments.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following is a list of writings by K M Panikkar. They have been compiled from a reading of the following two biographies of K M Panikkar. Bibliographic details are mostly unavailable and need to be reconstructed. Panikkar's extensive writings in Malayalam and Sanskrit are not listed here. His autobiography in Malayalam is available in an English translation from Oxford University Press.
Since Panikkar was a Diwan for many north Indian states, he wrote a few hagiographies of his employers and also quite a bit on the legal status of these princely states under British rule. The rest of his writings, historical works in particular would be of great interest.
- Venu Govindu
Biographies of Panikkar
1. Sardar Panikkar : His Life and Times - Konniyoor R Narendranath
2. Sardar K M Panikkar : The Profile of a Historian - Tarashankar Banerjee
Books written by Panikkar [only those written in English]
1. Introduction to the Problem of Greater India (1916)
2. Imperialism
3. Asia and Western Dominance
4. Sri Harsha of Kanauj (1922)
5. The Relations of the Government of India with the Indian States [alternative title (???) : An Introduction to the study of the relations of Indian States with the Government of India.]
6. History of Kerala series
1. Malabar and the Portugese (1929)
2. Malabar and the Dutch (1931)
3. Mysorean Invasion of Kerala
7. India and the Indian Ocean : An essay on the influence of seapower(1945)
8. The Working of Dyarchy in India (1928) [under pen-name "Kerala Putra"]
9. The British Crown and the Indian States (with Austin Robinson)
10. The State and the Citizen
11. British Policy towards Indian States
12. Founding of the Kashmir State - A Biography of Maharajah Gulab Singh 1792-1858
13. The Foundations of New India
14. Federal India (1930) [with Col. ?? Haksar]
15. Inter Statal Law (1934) [Madras Univ]
16. Indian Princes in Council (1936)
17. His Highness the Maharaja of Bikaner (1937)
18. The Origin and Evolution of Kinship in India (1938)
19. The Evolution of British Policy Towards Indian States (1774-1858)
20. Buddha (1968)
21. The Future of South-East Asia : An Indian View (1943)
22. Indian States - no. 4 (1942) [OUP Pamphlets]
23. Mandela Settlement
[need to verify authorship]
24. The Basis of an Indo-British Treaty
25. The Afro-Asian States and their Problems
26. Indian Revolution (1951) [under pen-name "Chanakya"]
27. In Two Chinas : Memoirs of a Diplomat
28. The Principles and Practice of Democracy (1952)
29. Geographical Factors in Indian History
30. India and China : A study of cultural relations
31. Cultural Contact between India and the West
32. Voice of Freedom [edited speeches of Motilal Nehru; with A Pershad]
33. The Determining Periods of Indian History
34. In Defence of Liberalism
35. The Himalayas in Indian Life (1963)
36. Studies in Indian History
37. Indian States and the Government of India (1932)
38. Educational Reconstruction of India (1920)
39. Survey of Indian History (1947)
40. Hindu Society at Crossroads
41. Commonsense about India
42. History of Mankind, Cultural & Scientific Development Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century [Ware, Caroline, Panikkar, K. M. and Romein, J. M.]
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K.M. Panikkar was born at Kovalam in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1895. (Hence his full name, Kovalam Madhava Panikkar.) He was educated at Madras Christian College and later at Christ Church, Oxford, where he earned a First Class in History and became a Dixon Scholar. On his return to India, he joined the Aligarh Muslim University in 1919. In 1922, he gave up teaching despite an offer of a Readership in History from Calcutta University.
In 1924 Panikkar became the first editor of the Hindustan Times in Delhi. He left the paper later to join the services of the Indian Princely States as Secretary to the Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes. He served as Foreign Minister of the states of Patiala and Bikaner where he also later became Prime Minister and given the title of "Sardar". He participated in the Round Table Conference in 1930?33. After India's independence, Nehru prevailed upon him to serve as a diplomat and to evolve a pattern for Indian diplomacy. From 1948 to 1959 he held various diplomatic posts and became the chief architect of friendship between India and the People's Republic of China. He returned to education as Vice-Chancellor of Jammu & Kashmir University in 1961 and died as Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University on 11 December 1963.
Despite his forays into diverse fields, he remained essentially a scholar, publishing extensively and displaying as much interest in ancient Indian history as in more recent historical developments.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following is a list of writings by K M Panikkar. They have been compiled from a reading of the following two biographies of K M Panikkar. Bibliographic details are mostly unavailable and need to be reconstructed. Panikkar's extensive writings in Malayalam and Sanskrit are not listed here. His autobiography in Malayalam is available in an English translation from Oxford University Press.
Since Panikkar was a Diwan for many north Indian states, he wrote a few hagiographies of his employers and also quite a bit on the legal status of these princely states under British rule. The rest of his writings, historical works in particular would be of great interest.
- Venu Govindu
Biographies of Panikkar
1. Sardar Panikkar : His Life and Times - Konniyoor R Narendranath
2. Sardar K M Panikkar : The Profile of a Historian - Tarashankar Banerjee
Books written by Panikkar [only those written in English]
1. Introduction to the Problem of Greater India (1916)
2. Imperialism
3. Asia and Western Dominance
4. Sri Harsha of Kanauj (1922)
5. The Relations of the Government of India with the Indian States [alternative title (???) : An Introduction to the study of the relations of Indian States with the Government of India.]
6. History of Kerala series
1. Malabar and the Portugese (1929)
2. Malabar and the Dutch (1931)
3. Mysorean Invasion of Kerala
7. India and the Indian Ocean : An essay on the influence of seapower(1945)
8. The Working of Dyarchy in India (1928) [under pen-name "Kerala Putra"]
9. The British Crown and the Indian States (with Austin Robinson)
10. The State and the Citizen
11. British Policy towards Indian States
12. Founding of the Kashmir State - A Biography of Maharajah Gulab Singh 1792-1858
13. The Foundations of New India
14. Federal India (1930) [with Col. ?? Haksar]
15. Inter Statal Law (1934) [Madras Univ]
16. Indian Princes in Council (1936)
17. His Highness the Maharaja of Bikaner (1937)
18. The Origin and Evolution of Kinship in India (1938)
19. The Evolution of British Policy Towards Indian States (1774-1858)
20. Buddha (1968)
21. The Future of South-East Asia : An Indian View (1943)
22. Indian States - no. 4 (1942) [OUP Pamphlets]
23. Mandela Settlement
[need to verify authorship]
24. The Basis of an Indo-British Treaty
25. The Afro-Asian States and their Problems
26. Indian Revolution (1951) [under pen-name "Chanakya"]
27. In Two Chinas : Memoirs of a Diplomat
28. The Principles and Practice of Democracy (1952)
29. Geographical Factors in Indian History
30. India and China : A study of cultural relations
31. Cultural Contact between India and the West
32. Voice of Freedom [edited speeches of Motilal Nehru; with A Pershad]
33. The Determining Periods of Indian History
34. In Defence of Liberalism
35. The Himalayas in Indian Life (1963)
36. Studies in Indian History
37. Indian States and the Government of India (1932)
38. Educational Reconstruction of India (1920)
39. Survey of Indian History (1947)
40. Hindu Society at Crossroads
41. Commonsense about India
42. History of Mankind, Cultural & Scientific Development Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century [Ware, Caroline, Panikkar, K. M. and Romein, J. M.]
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