M. G. S. Narayanan

Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara Narayanan, born onAugust 1932, more popularly known as MGS, is an Indian historian, academic and a former Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research .

Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara Narayanan was born at Ponnani, Malabar district onAugust 1932. He had his early education at Parappanangadi, Ponnani, Calicut and Thrissur. He later moved to Madras to pursue his Masters Degree in History from Madras Christian College. He topped the University of Madras in his PostGraduation in 1953 and later went on to complete his PhD from the University of Kerala in 1973. His 1972 thesis titled Perumals of Kerala was published in 2013.

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