Murder of Collector Connolly
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District collector
The District Collector is the district head of administration of the bureaucracy in a state of India. Though he/she is appointed and is under general supervision of the state government, he/she has to be a member of the elite IAS recruited by the Central Government...
and magistrate
Magistrate
A magistrate is an officer of the state; in modern usage the term usually refers to a judge or prosecutor. This was not always the case; in ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest government officers and possessed both judicial and executive powers. Today, in common law systems, a...
of Malabar
Malabar District
Malabar District was an administrative district of Madras Presidency in British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad , and Chavakad Taluk of Thrissur District in the northern part of...
, British India at the Collector's residence at West Hill Bungalow, Calicut on 11 September 1855 by a Mappila trio as a part of the Mappila Outbreaks (1835–1922)
Malabar Rebellion
The Malabar Rebellion was an armed uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappila Muslims and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred throughout the 19th century and early 20th century...
in Malabar. The murderers, Valassery Emalu, Puliyankunnath Thenu (these two men were escaped from prison at Calicut a month ago) and Haiderman; a hairdresser, were shot dead by the government forces led by Major Halley and Captain Davis in an encounter after 6 days at large at Edavannappara
Edavannappara
Edavannappara is a town in Malappuram district,in the Indian state of Kerala. The Edavannappara town is 26 km away from Kozhikode city. The towns in Malappuram district like Kondotty, Vazhakkad, Areekode, [calicut airport ,19 km) are located near to this town and near chaliyar river.A...
in Thiruvambadi
Thiruvambadi
Thiruvambady is a hilly town and one of the suburb in the Calicut city of Kerala. Thiruvambadi is an Assembly constituency and a Panchayath. Thiruvampady Grama Panchayat was established on 1962 January 1 and Thiruvambady Assembly constituency was established on 1977. It is also pronounced as...
. The Mappila rebels were using these escaped prisoners to murder H.V. Conolly who suggested the idea of exilation of Sayid Fasal Pookoya Thangal
Sayid Fasal Pookoya Thangal
Sayid Fasal Pookoya Thangal was a Mamburam Thangal, Islamic scholar and anti-British thinker from Malabar, British India. He is often referred as one of the personalities influenced the Moplah Riots along with Sayyid Alavi Thangal, Veliyankode Umar Khasi and Sayyid Sana-ulla-makti Thangal....
, the Mambrum
Mampuram mosque
The Mampuram Mosque is a famous mosque located in Tirurangadi in the Malappuram District of Kerala, south India. Historically related to the Mappila Lahala of 1921 against the British Government.-See Also:*Mappila*Sayyid Alavi Thangal...
Thangal
Thangal
Thangals are the various Muslim communities of Yemeni origin found scattered and isolated in the state of Kerala, India. They migrated to Kerala during the 17th century to expand their business,and propagated Islam as they are muslims, and do not belong to the Mappila Muslim community of Kerala...
, a famous religious leader.
H.V. Conolly is famous for his Canoly Canal and Conolly Teak Plot and was the elder brother of Arthur Conolly
Arthur Conolly
Arthur Conolly was a British intelligence officer, explorer and writer. He was a captain of the 1st Bengal Light Cavalry in the service of the British East India Company...
.
See also
- Malabar RebellionMalabar RebellionThe Malabar Rebellion was an armed uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappila Muslims and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred throughout the 19th century and early 20th century...
- MoplahMoplahMoplah may refer to:* Mappila, an ancient Muslim community in Malabar, Kerala state, present day India* Moplah Riots, a series of revolts and attacks by Mappilas against Hindu landlords and British government officials...
- Malabar Special PoliceMalabar Special PoliceThe Malabar Special Police is a paramilitary unit of the State Police of Kerala, India. This unit also trains new recruits and also helps the local police units to maintain law and order during emergencies. During emergencies, this unit forms the riot police platoons fully equipped with riot gear...
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonFreeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonMajor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...
- Wagon tragedyWagon tragedyThe Wagon tragedy was the death of 67 prisoners on 20 November 1921 in the Malabar region of Kerala state of India. The prisoners had been taken into custody following Mappila Rebellion against British Colonial rule and Hindu landlords their deaths through apparent negligence discredited the...
- Dorset RegimentDorset RegimentThe Dorset Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1958, the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951 it was formally called The Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "The Dorsets".-History:...