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Moplastan was the name of a proposed sovereign state of the Pakistan model demanded by the Muslim League of Kerala at the time of Indian independence in 1947. This separate nation would have been located in South Malabar, in the Muslim-majority Malappuram area that then fell under the Madras Presidency. The attempt was unsuccessful and the demand was withdrawn. [1]
In the late 1960s, the Muslim League, a partner in the Communist-led United Front coalition government, successfully pressed for the creation of a new Malappuram district with a majority of Muslims,[2] provoking an agitation by Hindu opponents led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. [3] [4] Anxieties about Muslim militancy in Kerala revived in the 1990s with the emergence of a populist Muslim demagogue, Abdul Nazar Madani. [5]
The name 'Moplastan' is based on the Mappila people of south Malabar, known also as moplah in the historical documents from the time of the British Raj.
See also
References
- ^ Roland E. Miller, The Mappila Muslims Of Kerala: A Study In Islamic Trends, Orient Longman 1992, ISBN 13 9780863112706, pp. 162–166.
- ^ Thomas Johnson Nossiter, Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation, Royal Institute of International Affairs, ISBN 13 9780520046672, pp. 251–252.
- ^ James Chiriyankandath, Hindu nationalism and regional political culture in India: A study of Kerala, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1996 , DOI 10.1080/13537119608428458, p. 54.
- ^ Protest Against Potential 'Mini-Pakistan'
- ^ James Chiriyankandath, Changing Muslim Politics in Kerala: Identity, Interests and Political Strategies, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 16, No. 2, July 1996, pp. 257–271
External links
Categories:- Secession in India
- History of Kerala
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