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#PiratesOfTheMalabar – Kerala’s History Of Resistance by Dr Ruby Maloni: Talk 302

Date: 17-Jan-2026 | Time: 18:00:00
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The spice trade linked Kerala’s Malabar coast to the wider Indian Ocean. The arrival of the colonial powers – Portuguese, English, French and Dutch – led to intrusions in the profitable trade, and the seafarers of Malabar responded strongly. In the 16th century, Portuguese ships were attacked and the cartaz (licence) enforced by them was avoided. The 17th and 18th centuries were marked by the complexities of competition with the English, French and Dutch. The Dutch, especially, were set back severely by Marthanda Varma of Travancore at the Battle of Colachel. This militant reaction gave Malabari seafarers the nomenclature of ‘pirates.’ At our Online Talk #PiratesOfTheMalabar, historian Ruby Maloni explains how an ethos of resistance became part of the history of Kerala.

 

 

About the speaker:
Dr Ruby Maloni is former Head and Professor of the Department of History at the University of Mumbai, with over thirty years of postgraduate teaching experience. An alumna of Calcutta University and the University of Mumbai, she completed her graduation at the former and earned her Master’s and doctoral degrees at the latter. Her research focuses on the socio-economic history of medieval India, with specialisation in Indian Ocean and maritime trade. She has published several books and articles, including European Merchant Capital and the Indian Economy, Surat: Port of the Mughal Empire, and Route to European Hegemony: India’s Intra-Asian Trade in the Early Modern Period. She is currently engaged in new research projects, with two forthcoming books in press.

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