The Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) Kerala launched ‘Dictionary of Mappila Verses’ by adding the names of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 omitted by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) last month. State President of SIO Kerala said mentioning the names of the Mappila martyrs who were cut off by the ICHR is to express a strong stand against the Hindutva regime
KERALA – Following the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) removal of Malabar Rebellion martyrs’ names from ‘Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle’, the Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) Kerala unit on Monday launched the same in protest adding the names of the erased ones.
The book titled “Dictionary of Mappila Martyrs” was handed over by Amjad Ali EM, State President of SIO Kerala to Alavi Kakkadan, a prominent historian and chairman of Variyamkunnath Kunjahammad Haji Foundation of India.
Abdul Hakeem Nadwi, State secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala, Rashad VP, State secretary of SIO Kerala, and Sahel Bas Joint Secretary of SIO Malappuram were present at the launch of the event at Press Club Malappuram.
Amjad Ali EM said that the Malabar Rebellion in 1921 discomforts Hindutva politics. “Therefore the dictionary released by the governing Sangh Parivar can’t include Malabar martyrs,” he added.
“The greatness of Variyan Kunnathu and Ali Musliyar lies in not getting into the good list of Sangh Parivar. History will remember them for getting omitted from Sangh’s distorted history. Therefore, to mention the names of the Mappila martyrs who were cut off by the ICHR is to express a strong stand against the Hindutva regime,” Amjad Ali said.
Alavi Kakkadan, Abdul Hakeem Nadwi, Rashad VP, and Sahel Bas also expressed their opinions during the event.