IIM-K launches Indian Business Heritage Lecture Series

Updated on: Thursday, November 08, 2012

The Indian Business Heritage Lecture Series, launched by the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) on Wednesday, provided a platform for management students and scholars to get valuable management lessons straight from history.

In the maiden lecture 'The Battle of Calicut- A Landmark Event' Dr Oliver Noone, an amateur historian who hails from Calicut, recreated an obscure war between the East India Company and the forces of Tipu Sultan in 1790 in Malabar. This was to drive home the point that the a rather unknown war in the backyard of Kozhikode could pave the way for the British colonization of India and alter the trade fortunes of Kozhikode forever.

Dr Noone, who had extensively researched the event which had escaped the attention of mainstream historians, said the battle that took place on December 10, 1790 near Tirurangadi marked the end of Tipu's reign and it was also the first successful implementation of the British colonisation strategy.

"The war turned the scales in favour of the British who were after the resources and ports of Malabar. It also had immense implications on trade in the region,' he said.

Dr Noone said that it was a chance discovery of a letter written by the then Governor-General of India Lord Cornwallis to Colonel Hartley (who led the battle of Calicut) stating that the victory had provided 'great and important advantages' that aroused his curiosity. He said that the battle also marked the end of Calicut as a long- standing trading post in the region.

Inaugurating the event, IIM-K director Debashis Chatterjee said that lecture series was instituted to mark the successful completion of the first phase of the Indian Business Museum project. "IIM-K can take pride in having the first-ever museum on Indian business history with the theme connecting the past to the future. The objective is to lend a connecting thread to the contemporary business managers on India's rich business traditions," he added.

Eminent historian M G S Narayanan presided over the function. Convener of Indian Business Museum MG Sreekumar and IIM-K faculty Anupam Das, faculty, IIM-K, spoke at the function.

 

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