In which of the following years did the Malabar Rebellion break out in the southern taluks of Malabar?

In which of the following years did the Malabar Rebellion break out in the southern taluks of Malabar? Correct Answer 1921

The Correct Answer is 1921.

Important Points

  • The Malabar rebellion in 1921-1922 happened in the Malabar region of Kerala, India.
  • The Moplah Rebellion or the Malabar Rebellion was an extended version of the Khilafat Movement in Kerala in 1921.
  • The Government had declared the Congress and Khilafat meetings illegal.
  • So, a reaction in Kerala began against the crackdown of the British in Eranad and Valluvanad taluks of Malabar.
  • But the Khilafat meeting incited so many communal feelings among the Muslim peasants, known as Moplahs, that it turned out to become an anti-Hindu movement from July 1921 onwards.
  • The violence began and the Moplahs attacked the police stations and took control of them.
  • They also seized the courts and the government treasuries.
  • It became a communal riot when the kudiyaan or tenant Moplahs attacked their Hindu landlords and killed many of them.
  • Thus, the Hindu Landlords became the victims of the atrocities of the Moplahs.

 

Key Points​

  • The situation was under control by the end of 1921. This rebellion was so fearful that the government raised a special battalion, the Malabar Special Police (MSP).

The leaders of this rebellion were:

  1. Variyankunnath Kunjahammed Haji,
  2. Seethi Koya Thangal of Kumaranpathor
  3. Ali Musliyar.

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