Historian B.S. Shastry
First Online: April 18, 2021
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024
B.S. Shastry was born on 17 August 1938 and passed away prematurely in Goa on 8 June 1991 in an accident . He worked for his doctorate under the well-known historian and archivist P.S.S. Pissurlencar. He started his career in Goa as a lecturer in history at the Chowgule College (Margao, Goa) and later came to head the departments of history at the Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (Panaji) and the Goa University (Bambolim), respectively. Gifted with a pleasing personality, Prof. Shastry was research guide to a number of students and was often invited to take part in international and national conferences on topics of Indo-Protuguese history.
K.L. Kamat/Kamat's Potpourri
Portrait of Prof. B.S. Shastry
Goa, 1986
Important Works of B.S. Shastry
- The Kings of Keladi and the Portuguese (in Kannada)
- Studies in Indo-Protuguese History
- Goan Society through the Ages
- Bibliography of Dr. Pissurlencar Collection and Socio-Economic aspects of Portuguese Colonialism in Goa (19th-20th centuries)
