Mau Mau Uprising more mobile formations that delivered what he termed "special treatment" to an area. Once gangs had been driven out and eliminated, loyalist forces and police were then to take over the area, with military support brought in thereafter only to conduct any required pacification operations. After their successful dispersion and containment, Erskine went after the forest fighters' source of supplies, money and recruits, i.e. the native Kenyan population of Nairobi. This took the form of Operation Anvil, which commenced on 24 April 1954. By 1954, Nairobi was regarded as the nerve centre of Mau Mau operations. Anvil was the ambitious
Khairabad, Mau Khairabad, Mau Khairabad is a census town in Mau district, in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh India. It is located on the Mau-Azamgarh route, adjacent to Muhammadabad Gohna Khairabad as of census 2011, had a population of 12,056. Males constitute 51% of the total population while females constitute 49%. Khairabad has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy rate is 65%, and female literacy is 54%. In Khairabad, 23% of the population is under 6 years of age. The main occupation here is the production of sarees from silk, cotton, mercerized,