Facts about Malabar Rebellion

**The Malabar Rebellion was in 1921

**The  attempted  arrest  of  Vadakkeveetil Muhammed, the Secretary of the Khilafat Committee  at  Pukottur  in  Eranadu Taluk,  led  to a  series  of violent  clashes  between  the  police  and  the Mappilas in  the  Eranadu and Valluvanadu Taluks.

**Variyankunnathu Kunjahammad Haji, Koya Tangal and  Ali  Musaliyar  were  the  famous  leaders  of  the revolt.

**One of the tragic episodes  of the  rebellion  was  the ‘Wagon Tragedy’ in which 61  of 90 Mappilas carried  as  prisoners  in  a  closed  railway  goods  wagon from  Tirur,  to  Coimbatore  on  November  10,  1921 died  of  suffocation.