The prisoners had been taken Conquering into custody following the Mappila Rebellion against British Colonial rule .

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 Malabar Riot ( also known as the Moplah Genocide and `` Māppila Lahaḷa '' ) was an armed Bearing_arms uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappilas and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred Coming_to_be throughout the 19th century and early 20th century .

One of the most noteworthy events during the suppression later came to be known as the `` Wagon tragedy Catastrophe '' , in which 67 out of a total of 90 Mappila prisoners destined for the Central Prison in Podanur suffocated Death to death in a closed railway goods wagon .