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Historian late Dr B S Harishankar busts the myth that the Hindu genocide of 1921 in Malabar was carried out by poor and landless Muslim peasants on Hindu landlords. With hitherto unseen evidence and documents, he proved that the promoters of the massacre were wealthy Moplahs who had mercantile interests in West Asia and other countries. A book to treasure. The scholarly work, Beyond Rampage: West Asian Contacts of Malabar and the Khilafat, covers multiple issues such as the advent of colonialism in India with Portuguese, conflicts with Mappila Muslims in West Coast, issue of anti-Christian Fatwas by Muslim priests, Tipu’s invasion of Malabar, alliance with French colonialism , exodus of Hindus from Malabar, advent of British colonial power, Khilafat and Hagia Sophia Cathedral issue in 1920, and Sunni Mappilla uprising in 1921 and Hindu massacre. According to Harishankar, it was not the landless peasant and tenant Sunni Mappilas who caused the 1921 riots, but a wealthy and powerful timber lobby of Mappilas who organized the violence. The work discusses the West Asian connections of Khilafat and the Sunni Mappilas as a powerful economic community in south India.
Dr.B.S.Hari Shankar did his PhD from Pune University in 1999 and completed ?two Post doctoral? studies? under two research? fellowship programmes. The first Post doctoral? was awarded? in 2002 ?under ?ICHR and completed at? ??Kerala University. In 2015, he was awarded the Kali Charan Puri Fellowship? for social Sciences in Archaeology ?for his second Post doctoral research. He was Assistant Director (1999-2002) ?of Indraprastha Museum of Art and Archaeology in New Delhi. Dr. Harishankar ?was research associate at Venetian Academy of Indian Studies, Italy . He also ? worked in the ICHR National Project of Atlas of Indus ?Sarasvati Civilization under major archaeologists from India and Pakistan He has participated in archaeological excavations under Kerala State Government and Archaeological Survey of India. He has?ten ?works in archaeology and history?to his credit including one in Malayalam.?Works include?Art and Archaeology of India (2003), ?An introduction to Archaeology and Heritage Management?(2013), ?Imprints of the Past-an archaeological outline of Northeast India(2015)?Pattanam: Constructs, Contexts and Interventions(2017).?The Battle for India (2017),?Charithrathile Mahabharatham Reethisastravum Nilapaadukalum? (2018? -Malayalam) ,?Keezhadi?Racial Stratagem and Divisive Identities?( 2019).?Cultural Terrorism :Conflicts and Debates on Cultural Pasts,?Beyond Rampage : West Asian Contacts with Malabar and Khilafat?, and?The Other as Hostile.??Dr.Harishankar ?was also assistant editor of Puratattva , journal of Indian Archaeology during 1993-95.. He ?has also published? research papers in various journals including in the ?British Archaeological Reports at Oxford.?
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