british revenue policy provoked an uprising in early 1803 that was complete and wholesale in malabar. the british were so afraid that they immediately reverted to older revenue assessments and persuaded the furious province to calm down by june 1803. british met most of rajahs and nobles who had not joined pazhassi rebellion and successfully made them agree that they [rajahs and nobles] will talk to the people to end the revolt and return home. this was a spontaneous uprising and the severest revolt british faced in malabar from 1792 till 1947.