• They were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords

  • These uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism

  • Most of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers

  • A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)


A small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)