MGS was biggest asset of country's knowledge heritage: Raghava Warrier
Historian M.R. Raghava Warrier termed M.G.S. Narayanan the biggest asset of the country's knowledge heritage.
Speaking to reporters after paying homage to MGS, who passed away in Kozhikode on Saturday (April 26, 2025), he said that he, along with other historians, would endeavour to continue the good work undertaken by MGS. 'He [MGS] was a mentor who passed on the light of historical knowledge to various generations. He collected manuscripts and documents from over 100 places in India and Sri Lanka. He was never restricted by any political or religious faith. He believed in universal knowledge,' Mr. Warrier said.
M.K. Raghavan, MP, termed MGS's demise a personal loss, as the latter had been his guide throughout his tenure as an MP. 'MGS took care to represent history in an unbiased and just manner at a time when misinterpretation of history had become the norm. He did not succumb to any narrow-minded politics during his tenure as the Chairman of the Indian Council for Historical Research or afterwards. He was a true humanist and a secular person. He fought for the development of the Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road irrespective of his deteriorating health,' the MP said.
Wayanad MP and All India Congress Committee general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that MGS's contributions to the history of Kerala were exemplary. 'His fearlessness and wisdom will be remembered in the culture and literature of Kerala forever,' she added.
Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai said that MGS was a rare talent who combined literary taste, historical knowledge, and language proficiency in the right measure to produce a book. 'Being a deep ocean, he did not create the cacophony of waves but was an irreplaceable leader in every field he engaged in. There could be no one who possessed such knowledge of the old script in Malayalam,' Mr. Pillai added.
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