When did the Mau Mau Rebellion begin?

The Mau Mau Rebellion began in 1952.12

The conflict emerged as a militant African nationalist movement, primarily among the Kikuyu people, in response to land dispossession, economic inequality, and political exclusion under British colonial rule. While the rebellion involved a campaign of sabotage and assassination throughout that year, the British colonial government formally declared a state of emergency in October 1952 in response to the escalating violence.123