India for centuries has attracted foreigners because of its wealth and natural resources. Since the seventeenth century, there existed a keen competition among European Maritime powers to trade with India. The first among the Europeans to reach the shores of Kerala were the Portuguese. They were followed by the Dutch, the French and then the British. The English East India Company began its trade with India in 1600. Within a span of one hundred and fifty years, it acquired territorial control in different parts of India. Author’s present study deals with the East India Company’s Timber Trade that was carried on between the Malabar Province and the Bombay Town between 1792 and 1823. His study further deals with the shipbuilding industry that flourished in Bombay because of the timber procured from the Malabar. His concern is to locate the trading networks that developed between these two important regions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sheela Mohan Nabar
Dr. Sheela Mohan Nabar, recipient of John F Kennedy Gold Medal proves her intense love for learning and research by obtaining B.Ed., M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in a sequence at Mumbai. She began her teaching career as a teacher in a school in 1979. She proved to be a highly competent teacher. Her commitment to her chosen vocation moved her to the status as the Head of the Department of History in Guru Nanak College. She is presently the Principal of K.B. College of Arts and Commerce, Kopri, Thane. She is associated with the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Maharashtra State Archives. Spending long hours in the library and the archives to pursue research work is her much loved activity. She has presented several research papers at State and National Seminars and Conferences. Some of the Important Published articles throw light on the migration of Saraswat community from South Konkan to Bombay. Some forest settlements in South Konkan, Agrarian riots between the Mahars and the Khots in Ratnagiri in the South Konkan throwing light on variuos issues on West Coast of India. She is the co-author of books, Elements of Archaeology, Museology, Archival and Library Science, Modern India, Ancient India. She is linked with the Institute of Distance Education and prepares study material for the benefit of the students.
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