Malabar (1921)
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Overview
The Malabar rebellion of 1921 broke out in the Eranad and Valluvanad taluks of Malabar, then part of Madras Presidency, now in Kerala.
It began during the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements and was directed against British rule and landlords; the peasants involved were largely Mappila (Moplah) Muslim tenants. It turned violent and also took on communal colours.
The British crushed it; the Wagon Tragedy, in which many prisoners died of suffocation in a closed railway wagon, became one of its best-known episodes.
Geography and key facts
- Malabar district (now Kerala)
- 1921, during the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements
- Mappila (Moplah) tenant uprising
- Wagon Tragedy
Why it matters for UPSC
Peasant movements of the national movement era – Champaran, Kheda, Bardoli, Malabar, Eka – are often asked.
Note for UPSC
Moplah uprising.
Questions link places with movements, sessions and years of the national movement.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- Freedom-struggle site
- State / UT
- Kerala
- Year
- 1921
- Coordinates
- 11.051°N, 76.071°E
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