Mau Mau Uprising attempt to eliminate Mau Mau's presence within Nairobi in one fell swoop. 25,000 members of British security forces under the control of General George Erskine were deployed as Nairobi was sealed off and underwent a sector-by-sector purge. All native Kenyans were taken to temporary barbed-wire enclosures, whereafter those who were not Kikuyu, Embu or Meru were released; those who were remained in detention for screening. Whilst the operation itself was conducted by Europeans, most suspected members of Mau Mau were picked out of groups of the Kikuyu-Embu-Meru detainees by a native Kenyan informer. Male suspects were then taken off for
Mau district ± Muslim 21% ± Other 7% ± In sports Mau has a tremendous history: Jharkande Rai and Kalpnath Rai were well-known faces of politics in Mau. Mau sadar is the Legislative seat of politician Mukhtar Ansari and His son Abbas Ansari Politicians Sunil Singh Chauhan, Harinarayan Rajbhar are also from Mau. Chairman of Mau Tayyab Palki and chairman of Kopaganj Helal Ahmed Ansari are also from Mau District. In literature, Mau has produced many great writers and poets, such as: Mau district Mau district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mau town is the