Thread by @INSIGHTUK2

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Remembering #MalabarHinduGenocide which happened on this very day, Sept 25th in 1921. #NeverForget the Ghost of #Khilafat. More than 10000 #Hindus from then over 4 taluks of #Malabar - present #Palakkad #Malappuram #Kozhikode #Kannur #Wayanad spanning

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an area of 2,000 square miles places are killed. 300 temples were partially or fully damaged, properties worth millions of rupees belonging to Hindus were looted/burned. Nearly 200,000 Hindu #Refugees reached in various relief camps in neighbouring districts.

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No Hindu family were remained unaffected in #Eranad. Of the total population of nearly 1 million, #Mappilas formed nearly 32%. In Ernad Taluk, which was the epicentre of the rebellion (which is roughly the present day Malappuram district), #Muslims were in a majority.

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The Malabar rebellion was a well-planned #JihadAgainstHindus & the #British population. Fanatic #Mappilas had indulged in mass killings, loot, rapes since August 1921. Jihadi goons ambushed the convoys of refugees & many were killed/robbed/raped. Those Hindus,

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who were fortunate to reach relief camps in #Kozhikode or #Shornur, lost everything except what they wore. Just imagine the scale of it. According to the official sources, nearly 2,500 of Mappila rioters were killed, 1,652 were wounded, 5,955 were captured,

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nearly 40,000 were surrendered of which
many of them were tried & convicted. This figure indicates that there was a widespread participation of ordinary Mappilas, including women & children.

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These events should never be forgotten by #Hindus
#MalabarHinduGenocide in 1921
#KashmirHinduGenocide in 1990