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Was the Moplah Rebellion in Malabar an expression of anti-landlord and anti-foreign discontent? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Indian Response to British Rule

The Moplah (Mappila) Rebellion of 1921 in Malabar is best read as an agrarian revolt against exploitative landlordism that fused with anti-British and pan-Islamic sentiment before collapsing into communal violence.

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  • The Anti-Landlord Dimension
  • The Anti-Foreign Dimension
  • The Communal Overlay and Its Consequences

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