Books

This book is a study of the origin and early history of the Muslims of Kerala from 700 AD to 1600 AD. It starts unusually with a long Introduction. It is on the whole a stinging criticism of Indian scholarship in social sciences and historical writing which is almost entirely dependent on knowledge and ideas […]

The book ‘The Rise and Fall of the ‘Dravidian’ Justice party, 1916-1946’ is based on a speech delivered at Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai on 4th September 2009. More argues in this book that the non-Brahmin Justice party came into existence in the year 1916 in order to counter Tamil Brahmin domination of the political and administrative life

It is generally held especially in Pakistan that Jinnah asked for a separate State of Pakistan on the basis of religion and achieved it within a short record-breaking span of seven years. In India, the dominant view is that Jinnah and the British divided India. A minor view is that Jinnah used the Pakistan demand as a bargaining counter in order

In this book, More writes about the early history of steam navigation in the Indian sub-continent since 1836 up to 1910. Dwarkanath Tagore of Bengal was the pioneer in Indian Steam Navigation. He indulged in the steam navigation business since 1836. But he passed away in 1846. Later in the 1880s, his grandson, Jyotindranath Tagore ventured into the steam navigation business

Many scholars have written about the history of Madras city. But they have never paid much attention or have paid scant attention to the origin of Madras. Generally they have relied upon the writingsof British scholars and administrators like H.D. Love, William Foster and Wheeler Talboys as well as on the 1820 accounts of Bundla Ramaswamy Naidu. Of course, S. Muthiah has the reputation

This book deals with the history of Pondicherry from the time of the coming into existence of Arikamedu, reputed to be a Roman trading centre, located to the south of Pondicherry town until the time when modern Pondicherry was founded by Frenchmen like Bellanger de Lespinay, François Martin and Pierre Deltor. The ancient Arikamedu cannot be idenitifed with the Pondicherry town. According

The essays in this volume are related to the study of religion and society in southern India. Professor Francis Robinson, a leading specialist of Islam has written the Foreword to this book. The key issues and themes of these essays, which actually form part of major academic debates include:   Origin, Ancestry and Identity of Hyder Ali Tipu

This book in Tamil is actually a translation of J.B.P.More’s first book entitled ‘The Political Evolution of Muslims in Tamilnadu and Madras, 1930-1947’, published by Orient Longman, Hyderabad in the year 1997.

Dans ce livre clair et vivant, JBP. More dresse, avec un regard critique et un souci de vérité, la vie et la carrière de Soubramania Bharati, poète national et révolutionnaire tamoul de l’Inde avant l’indépendance en les replaçant dans leur contexte politique et social et en insistant particulièrement sur le séjour du poète à Pondichéry, dans l’Inde Française. Ce livre est

Pondichérien de l’Inde Française, Maridas Poullé (1721-1796) est l’un des pères fondateurs de l’indianisme international au dix-huitième siècle, comme le montre sa traduction de Bhagavata Purana du tamoul en français dans les années 1760. Le présent ouvrage, édité et adapté par J.B.P.More avec une présentation et un Index inclut divers articles, mémoires ou essais du même Maridas Poullé, retrouvés