♦ Renowned historian M.G.S. Narayanan passed away at 93 in Malaparamba, Kozhikode on 26 April 2025.

♦ He headed the Department of History at Calicut University from 1976 to 1990.

♦ He had a stint as Member Secretary of the ICHR from 1990-1992 and later became its Chairman from 2001-03.

♦ He was born in Ponnani on August 20, 1932.

♦ He authored several books in Malayalam, including India Charitra Parichayam (1969), Sahitya Aparadhangal (1970), Kerala Charitrathinte Atisthanasilak (1971), Kozhikodinte Katha (2001), and Janadhipatyavum Communissavim (2004).

♦ He also conducted research studies that shed light on various aspects of South Indian culture, such as Cultural Symbiosis in Kerala (1972), Aspects of Aryanisation in Kerala bi (1973), and Calicut the City of Truth Revisited (2006).

♦ His perspective on history is outlined in Charitrakarante Darsanam (2011).