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The '''Malabar Special Police''' (MSP) is a [[paramilitary]] unit of the [[State Police]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. This unit also trains new recruits and also helps the local police units to maintain law and order during emergencies. During emergencies, this unit forms the [[riot police]] platoons fully equipped with [[riot gear]]. This police unit is known for its extraordinarily tough training, and the high quality of its firing and military drills.

==History==

Formed in 1884, the MSP were initially known as the Malappuram Special Police, having been quartered in [[Malappuram]]. Its initial personnel consisted of 80 Constables, 4 Native Head Constables, 4 Sergeants, a Bugler and a European Inspector, who were temporarily drafted into a special force to deal with periodical outbreaks for freedom by native Muslims [[Moplah]]s. The squad was made permanent in 1897.

In the 1921 [[Moplah Revolt]], [[Malabar district|Malabar]] (the present districts of [[Kannur]], [[Wayanad]], [[Kozhikode]], [[Malappuram]], [[Palakkad]] and parts of [[Thrissur]]) witnessed a wave of popular unrest and other law and order problems. Mr. Hitchcock who was then the District Superintendent of Police, South Malabar realized the imperative need to raise a special force, organized, armed and equipped on the lines of an Indian infantry battalion to deal effectively problems threatening public peace. This suggestion, strongly endorsed by the District Magistrate, was accepted by the [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]]'s Government on 30 September 1921, which then sanctioned a strength of 6 British Officers, 8 [[Subedar]]s, 16 [[Jemadar]]s, 60 [[Havildar]]s and 600 Constables to be formed into 6 companies of [[Auxiliary Police]].

In the following year, members of the force were drafted into [[Madras Presidency]] to counter the rebellion in the [[Rampa Rebellion of 1922|Rampa area]] that was being led by [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]]. Local forces had been unable to match the guerilla tactics of Raju in the forested areas, for which the Malabar unit were considered to be specialists.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alluri Sitarama Raju and the Manyam Rebellion of 1922-1924 |first=Murali |last=Atlury |journal=Social Scientist |volume=12 |issue=4 |date=April 1984 |pages=3-33 |doi=10.2307/3517081 |jstor=3517081 }}</ref>
On the eve of the [[States Reorganisation Act|linguistic reorganization of States]] in 1956, the MSP was divided into two. One half of the 6 companies and half of the Headquarters company fell to the share of Kerala and the other half allotted to [[Madras]]. Presently the MSP is headquartered at Malappuram.

== References ==
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==External links==
*http://www.tn.gov.in/police/histone.htm
*http://www.kerala.com/ke_historyfreedom.htm

[[Category:Law enforcement in Kerala]]
[[Category:Kerala Police]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1884]]

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imported>BrownHairedGirl at 01:46, 16 April 2021