(i) In South India, the dispossessed landlords and displaced cultivators raised the banner of revolt. The Poligars of Tamil Nadu, Malabar and coastal Andhra revolted against colonial rule in the late 18th and the early 19th century.

(ii) The revolt of the Mappilas of Malabar was most significant. The Mappilas of Malabar were the descendants of the Arab settlers and converted Hindus. Majority of them were cultivating tenants, landless labourers, petty traders and fishermen.

(iii) The British conquest of Malabar in the last decade of the 18th century, and the introduction of the British land revenue administration in Malabar enraged the Mappilas.

(iv) Over assessment, illegal taxes, eviction from land and the change in land ownership were the causes of growing discontentment among them. Thus, they rose in revolt against the British and the landlords.

(v) The religious leaders helped in strengthening the solidarity of Mappilas and in developing anti-British consciousness. These Mappilas were suppressed by the colonial rulers.

(vi) Peasants of Rangpur and Dinajpur, two districts of Bengal, were aggrieved by the tyranny of the revenue contractors. One such revenue contractor, Debi Singh, created a reign of terror by torturing the peasants in order to collect taxes. When the British officials failed to protect the peasant, the peasants took the law in their own hands. They attacked the local cutchheries and store houses of the contractors and government officials. The rebels formed their own government and stopped paying revenues to the Company agents. This rebellion was in 1783. The rebels were finally forced to surrender before the Company officials.