His Excellency Sardar Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
His Excellency Sardar Kavalam Madhava Panikkar or K. M. Panikkar (June 3, 1895 - Dec 10, 1963) was an Indian scholar, journalist, historian, administrator and diplomat. He was born to Puthillathu Parameswaran Namboodiri and Chalayil Kunjikutti Kunjamma in The Kingdom of Travancore, then a princely state in the British Indian Empire on June 3,1895. Sardar Panikkar’s interest in European influence on Asia was reflected in his studies of the Portuguese and the Dutch in Malabar (in South India) and especially in his Asia and Western Dominance (1953). Two Chinas (1955) revealed his sympathy with Communist China. He also wrote plays and novels.