There are many events that could be seen as undercurrents that caused Malabar rebellion. The conflict between tenants and landlords along with British following the evacuation of tenants from their farming lands fired up the British. Tenants were mostly from lower caste and mappilas. The immediate reason of the Malabar War was the rumor spread that the British army destroyed Mamburam mosque and Makkham following British army's raid in the mosque in the name of arm hunt. Ali Musaliyar, followed by a crowd went to Thirurangadi Kacheri(the compound including police station, register office, magistrate court, post office) to inquire about the incident. Seeing the Ali Musaliyar and the crowd with him the Collector ordered the Police to shoot them without any provocation. The crowd was huge, they got triggered by the sudden action and stated to attack back. They killed some Policemen and seized the police station. Collector and other officials fled to Calicut.