However , in Eranad and Walluvanad taluks it took the form of an armed rebellion by the Muslim Mappila community , who were largely tenants being exploited by British and certain high caste Hindu landlords .

The 1921 riot began Process_start as a reaction against a heavy-handed crackdown Process_end on the Khilafat Movement , a campaign Social_event in defense of the Ottoman Caliphate , by the British authorities in the Eranad and Valluvanad `` taluks '' of Malabar .