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	'''K. N. Panikkar''' (~~born~~ 1936 ~~in Guruvayoor, Kerala.~~) is an Indian [[historian]], associated with the [[Marxist historiography (India)\|Marxist school of historiography]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=21 February 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=7 March 2010\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar \|date=6 May 2009\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053851/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2011\|title= Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=29 November 2005\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202829/http://hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=15 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar \| date=29 December 2008}}</ref>		'''K. N. Panikkar''' (26 April 1936 – 9 March 2026) was an Indian [[Marxist historian]], associated with the [[Marxist historiography (India)\|Marxist school of historiography]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=21 February 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=7 March 2010\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar \|date=6 May 2009\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053851/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2011\|title= Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=29 November 2005\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202829/http://hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=15 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar \| date=29 December 2008}}</ref>

	K. N. Panikkar ~~has written~~ and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism'' and the ICHR volume on ''Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle''.		K. N. Panikkar wrote and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism'' and the ICHR volume on ''Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle''.

	~~His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of~~ [[~~Hindu nationalism~~]], ~~particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998~~ to ~~2004~~.		In 2010 he launched [[Indian Ruminations]] an online portal in English, publishing literature and journalistic writings.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/K.N.-Panicker-to-launch-website-for-literary-journal/article16300761.ece\|title=K.N. Panicker to launch website for literary journal\|website=The Hindu\|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>

	Panikkar ~~has been~~ active in criticising the rise of "Nationalist" history in India. His books include ''Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar''; ''Culture and Consciousness in Modern India''; ''Culture, Ideology and Hegemony – Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India'', and ''Before the Night Falls''.		His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of [[Hindu nationalism]], particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to 2004. Panikkar was active in criticising the rise of "Nationalist" history in India. His books include ''Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar''; ''Culture and Consciousness in Modern India''; ''Culture, Ideology and Hegemony – Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India'', and ''Before the Night Falls''.
			He was appointed by the government of Kerala as chairman of an Expert Committee that looked into the complaints raised from various quarters concerning new textbooks introduced to state-supported schools. The committee submitted its report in October 2008.<ref>[http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617035732/http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf\|date=17 June 2009}}</ref>

	~~He was appointed by~~ the ~~government~~ of Kerala as chairman of an Expert Committee that looked into the complaints raised from various quarters concerning new textbooks introduced to state-supported schools. The committee submitted its report in October 2008.<ref>[~~http~~://www.~~education.kerala.gov~~.in/~~FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf ] {{webarchive \|url=https:~~//~~web.archive.org~~/~~web~~/~~20090617035732~~/~~http://www~~.~~education.kerala.gov.in/FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf \|date=17 June 2009 }}~~</ref>		Panikkar died on 9 March 2026, at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2026/03/09/kn-panikkar-historian-obituary.html Kerala historian K N Panikkar passes away]</ref>

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			==Sources==
			* K N Panikkar, Attoor Ravi Varma bag Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships [https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717061854/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/24/k-n-panikkar-attoor-ravi-varma-bag-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-1929182.html \|date=17 July 2021 }}
			* 'Will quit as Chancellor': Kerala Guv upset at state of higher education, writes to CM [https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/will-quit-chancellor-kerala-guv-upset-state-higher-education-writes-cm-158609]
			* In JNU, works of Gail Omvedt and Dalit scholars are relegated to 'underground' networks [https://theprint.in/opinion/in-jnu-works-of-gail-omvedt-and-dalit-scholars-are-relegated-to-underground-networks/725703/]
			* Valiathan, Panikkar, Raghava Warrier get Kairali lifetime achievement awards [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/valiathan-panikkar-raghava-warrier-get-kairali-lifetime-achievement-awards/article33823583.ece]
			* When History is Held Hostage: Commemorating the Continuing Sufferings of the Mappila Martyrs of 1921 [https://thewire.in/history/when-history-is-held-hostage-commemorating-the-continuing-sufferings-of-the-mappila-martyrs-of-1921]
			* Reform judiciary to protect its independence: Bhushan [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/reform-judiciary-to-protect-its-independence-bhushan/article37373795.ece]
			* Muslims, Hindus and the Malabar rebellion – why 1921 matters [https://thefederal.com/opinion/muslims-hindus-and-the-malabar-rebellion-why-1921-matters/]

	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/ Kerala Council for Historical Research]		* [http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/ Kerala Council for Historical Research] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204634/http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/ \|date=28 September 2011 }}

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	'''K. N. Panikkar''' (born 1936 in Guruvayoor, Kerala.) is a [[leftist]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/kerala/story/19981130-ichr-member-lashes-out-at-panel-of-editors-chosen-to-write-cultural-history-of-kerala-827455-1998-11-30\|title=ICHR member lashes out at panel of editors chosen to write cultural history of Kerala\|date=30 November 1998\|first=M. G.\|last=Radhakrishnan\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> [[India]]n [[historian]], associated with the [[Marxist historiography (India)\|Marxist school of historiography]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=21 February 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=7 March 2010\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar \|date=6 May 2009\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053851/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2011\|title= Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=29 November 2005\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202829/http://hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=15 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar \| date=29 December 2008}}</ref>		'''K. N. Panikkar''' (born 1936 in Guruvayoor, Kerala.) is an Indian [[historian]], associated with the [[Marxist historiography (India)\|Marxist school of historiography]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=21 February 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=7 March 2010\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=15 March 2009\|title= Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar \|date=6 May 2009\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053851/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 June 2011\|title= Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar \|date=29 November 2005\|access-date=7 March 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202829/http://hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=15 February 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar \| date=29 December 2008}}</ref>

	K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism'' and the ICHR volume on ''Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle''.		K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism'' and the ICHR volume on ''Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle''.

	His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of [[Hindu nationalism]], particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to 2004.		His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of [[Hindu nationalism]], particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to 2004.

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'''K. N. Panikkar''' (born 1936 in Guruvayoor, Kerala.) is a [[leftist]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/kerala/story/19981130-ichr-member-lashes-out-at-panel-of-editors-chosen-to-write-cultural-history-of-kerala-827455-1998-11-30|title=ICHR member lashes out at panel of editors chosen to write cultural history of Kerala|date=30 November 1998|first=M. G.|last=Radhakrishnan|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> [[India]]n [[historian]], associated with the [[Marxist historiography (India)|Marxist school of historiography]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2009|title= Link technology with social sciences, says K.N. Panikkar |date=21 February 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=7 March 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315064009/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030651300300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2009|title= Rewrite history from Indian point of view: K.N. Panikkar |date=6 May 2009|access-date=7 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629053851/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/29/stories/2005112922170300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title= Newspapers evading sensitive issues, says K.N. Panikkar |date=29 November 2005|access-date=7 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215202829/http://hindu.com/2008/12/29/stories/2008122955461100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 February 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Culture emerges as site of struggle: K.N. Panikkar | date=29 December 2008}}</ref>

K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism'' and the ICHR volume on ''Towards Freedom, 1940: A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle''.

His methods and his expressed positions in public life have evoked harsh criticism from exponents of [[Hindu nationalism]], particularly during the period of Bharatiya Janata Party government of 1998 to 2004.

Panikkar has been active in criticising the rise of "Nationalist" history in India. His books include ''Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar''; ''Culture and Consciousness in Modern India''; ''Culture, Ideology and Hegemony – Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India'', and ''Before the Night Falls''.

He was appointed by the government of Kerala as chairman of an Expert Committee that looked into the complaints raised from various quarters concerning new textbooks introduced to state-supported schools. The committee submitted its report in October 2008.<ref>[http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617035732/http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/FINAL%20REPORTnew.pdf |date=17 June 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[M. G. S. Narayanan]]
* [[A. Sreedhara Menon]]
* [[Rajan Gurukkal]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/ Kerala Council for Historical Research]

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