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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