Mahadji Shinde was associated with controlling the Maratha empire in Gwalior and mainly the part of northern India. His father Ranoji Rao Scindia was the founder of the Scindia dynasty.
The Moplah Rebellion (or Malabar Rebellion) was an armed uprising against British authority and Hindu landlords in Malabar, Kerala in 1921. But the the movement was severely suppressed by the British forces.