SHEIKH ALI, B
Sheikh Ali, B. ( ಬಿ. ಷೇಕ್ ಅಲಿ
) is an eminent historian from Karnataka
who is well known in his peer group for his contribution to the theory of
history and its application to the ground realities of Karnataka. He was a
student of Mysore University and retired from the same institution as a professor
of History. He was the Vice Chancellor of the Goa University as well as the Mangalore University. He was responsible for the emergence of a number of
scholars in History from the University of Mysore. His contributions to the Historical studies of
ancient Karnataka have to do with the history of Western Gangas. He has supported the point of view that the Gangas
hailed from the South
Karnataka and that the early chieftains of the
clan (prior to their rise to power) were natives of the southern districts of
modern Karnataka. He does not approve the fact that early Gangas were Jains. A
major share of his seminal work belongs to the period of Hyder Ali and Tipu
Sultan. He has succeeded in establishing Tipu Sultan as a secular patriot
rather than a religious zealot.
Some of his works are listed below:
- History : Its Theory and Method, Macmillan, New Delhi,
- History of the Western Gangas (Comprehensive History of Karnataka,
Volume 1), 1976, University
of Mysore, Mysore.
- ‘Goa wins freedom: Reflections and Reminiscences’, 1986, Goa University.
- ‘Tipu Sultan, A great martyr’, edited by B.Sheikh Ali, 1992,
I.C.H.R., New Delhi
(Papers
presented at a seminar organized by the Bangalore University in collaboration
with the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, 1992.)
- ‘Tipu Sultan’, B. Sheikh
Ali, National Book Trust, New Delhi
- ‘British relations with Hyder Ali’, (1760-1782), 1963, Rao and
Raghavan
- ‘A great teacher’, 1997, Prasaranga, University of Mysore
- ‘Islam, a cultural orientation’, 1981, Macmillan, Delhi.
- ‘Essays on Indian history and culture’: felicitation volume in
honor of Professor B.Sheikh Ali, Ed. by H.V.Sreenivasa Murthy, 1990,
Mittal Publications.
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