The Moplahs of Malabar (Kerala) who were largely Muslim leaseholders and cultivators, indulged in a series of rebellions in Kerala between 1836-1919. Which of the following regarding these Moplah uprisings is not true?

• A. hey were mainly directed against the upper caste Hindu landlords
• B. hese uprisings were a peculiar form of rural terrorism
• C. ost of the Moplah martyrs were poor peasants of landless lobourers
• D. small band of Moplahs committed collective suicides in the belief of being called Shahids (martyrs)