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Moplah Rebellion of 1921
The centenary of Moplah rebellion is approaching this year and the decision to make a movie on the subject has erupted controversy in Kerala.
Moplah rebellion of 1921 happened in Malabar was arguably the greatest challenge to British rule between the great uprising of 1857 and the Quit India movement of 1942.
Multiple factors contributed to the character of the movement. These included economic distress, anger against foreign rule and the tenancy laws it instituted, and religious zeal.
The immediate trigger for the rebellion was Khalifat and Non-Cooperation movement, but the agrarian distress and landlord system are deep roots of the uprising.
The British suppressed the revolt using military and brute force.
The associated violence and forced conversion by religious fanatics put the revolt in bad light, which otherwise is an agrarian and nationalistic movement.
The wagon tragedy incident is related to the Malabar/ Moplah rebellion of 1921.
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