 Mattannur Incident

Mattanur witnessed riots between the Moplah tenants and their Nair landlords in 1852.The riots started when an armed band of 200 Moplahs entered the house of the local landlord, Kalathil Kesavan Thangal and massacred his family of 18 members.The rioters then conspired to eliminate the most powerful landlord in the district, Kalliat Anandan Nambiar.