History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET September 2013 History
The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as:
AKukis
BJaintias
CMoplahs ✓ Correct
DWahabis
Correct answer: (C) Moplahs — The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as Moplahs, so the answer is Moplahs.
Explanation
★The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as Moplahs, so the answer is Moplahs.
★They lived mainly in the Malabar region of the present-day Kerala coast.
★They rose in revolt many times against landlords and the British.
★The biggest of these was the Moplah rebellion of 1921.
★It grew out of agrarian distress and the Khilafat movement.
★The revolt was put down harshly by the colonial government.
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