Moplah Rebellion
The year 2021 was the 100th-year of the Malabar uprising.
About Malabar/Moplah Rebellion
- It is also known popularly as the Moplah rebellion, was an armed revolt staged by the Mappila Muslims of Kerala against the British authorities and their Hindu landlords in 1921.
- The six-month-long rebellion is often perceived to be one of the first cases of nationalist uprisings in Southern India.
- It occurred within the broader spectrum of the Khilafat/Non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.
- Moplahs/Mappilas were the Muslim tenants (kanamdars) and cultivators (verumpattamdars) inhabiting the Malabar region where most of the landlords (janmi or jenmies) were upper caste Hindus.
- Moplahs had gained ....
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