The Author: MAHAVIR SINGH

Prof. K.S. Mathew is Director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Nirmalagiri (Kannur), Kerala, has over eighteen books and eighty-five research articles published in various national and international journals. He is a specialist in maritime history of India with emphasis on Indo-Portuguese relations.

Prof. Mahavir Singh, is Director of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies. He is the Editor of Institute's journal Asia Annual and has a number of publications to his credit.

Dr Joy Varkey obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Ottawa, Canada and presently teaches History at N.A.M. College, Kallikkandy, Kannur University. He is author of The French Seaboard Empire and Louisbourg, 1713-1758.





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