 Chikumbiro ichi hachina kuteererwa, uye musi wa29 Kurume 1947 varwi vemarudzi vakatanga kumukira kwemakore maviri vachipesana nehurumende yekoloni, inozivikanwa seKumukira kweMadagascar. Musi wa 6 Chivabvu 1947, kuMoromanga, masoja akapfura ne pfuti vakuru veMDRM vakasungwa mumarori, vakauraya pakati pe124 ne160, vazhinji vavo vaive vasina zvombo. Vanenge vatsigiri vePADESM vokuMadagascar vanosvika 1 900 vakaurayiwa nevanhu vomunyika mavo vaitsigira MDRM munguva yehondo yacho. 