History and Historiography

All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography

Essays

മോപ്ലമാർ നടത്തിയ മലബാറിലെ ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ വംശ ഹത്യ: ചരിത്ര രേഖകൾ  നേരെയാക്കാം

മോപ്ലമാർ നടത്തിയ മലബാറിലെ ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ വംശ ഹത്യ: ചരിത്ര രേഖകൾ നേരെയാക്കാം

മോപ്ലമാർ ചെയ്ത മലബാറിലെ ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ വംശഹത്യയെപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള പരമ്പരയിലെ ഒന്നാം ഭാഗം

The Gruesome Murder of Mr. Conolly: The Mapilla Retribution

The Gruesome Murder of Mr. Conolly: The Mapilla Retribution

How a group of Mapilla convicts escape jail and murder the British Collector Conolly

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The Litany of Mapilla Horrors against Malabar Hindus: Their Fanaticism is Astounding!

The Litany of Mapilla Horrors against Malabar Hindus: Their Fanaticism is Astounding!

The investigation of Special Commissioner T.L. Strange into the repeated eruptions of Mapilla Jihad in Malabar reveals horrific findings

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The Forgotten Battle of Nijagal: How a Mere Chieftain Madakari Nayaka Pounded Hyder Ali

The Forgotten Battle of Nijagal: How a Mere Chieftain Madakari Nayaka Pounded Hyder Ali

A quick trip down to a little known but brilliant battle fought in the 18th century near Bangalore

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A Century of Mapilla Atrocities in Malabar and the Nerve Centre of Tirurangadi

A Century of Mapilla Atrocities in Malabar and the Nerve Centre of Tirurangadi

How Malabar became the theatre of unrelenting atrocities by the Mapillas against Hindus for a full century

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The Mapilla Rampage in Malabar Under British Rule: Dispelling Historical Myths

The Mapilla Rampage in Malabar Under British Rule: Dispelling Historical Myths

The firsthand accounts of the Mapilla atrocities in Malabar under British rule exposes another chapter of whitewashed history

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The Mapilla Betrayal of Malabar Hindus During the Death-Dance of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan

The Mapilla Betrayal of Malabar Hindus During the Death-Dance of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan

A turning point in the history of the Malabar Mapillas is reached during the invasions of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan

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The Portuguese Annihilate the Mapilla Maritime Commercial Dominance

The Portuguese Annihilate the Mapilla Maritime Commercial Dominance

A detailed account of how the Portuguese destroyed the Mapilla monopoly over maritime trade on the Malabar coast

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From Ingratiating Merchants to Absolute Monopolists: The Rise and Rise of the Medieval Mapillas

From Ingratiating Merchants to Absolute Monopolists: The Rise and Rise of the Medieval Mapillas

The second part of the series on the Malabar Mapillas traces the rise of the Mapillas who acquired a monopoly on maritime trade

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The Moplah Genocide of the Malabar Hindus: Setting the Record Straight

The Moplah Genocide of the Malabar Hindus: Setting the Record Straight

The first part of a series documenting the genocide of Malabar Hindus by the Moplahs

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