Person · Khasi rebel chief
Tirot Sing
Also known as U Tirot Sing
Tirot Sing Syiem (c.1802 - 17 July 1835), the Khasi Hima (king) of Nongkhlaw in Meghalaya who led the 1829-1833 Anglo-Khasi War — the earliest documented hill-tribal armed resistance against the British East India Company in Northeast India. After agreeing in 1826 to allow the Company to build the Shillong-Guwahati road through Khasi territory, Tirot Sing withdrew consent in 1829 after discovering the British intended permanent occupation. His four-year guerilla campaign across the Khasi Hills ended with his capture in January 1833 through a cave arrow-wound. He died at Dhaka Jail imprisonment on 17 July 1835. The 1990 Meghalaya government commemoration each 17 July (U Tirot Sing Day) honours his legacy.
- Date
- 1802–1835
- Function
- Social reform & movement
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- AnalogueU Kiang Nangbah
Tirot Sing (1802-1835) of the Khasi Hills and U Kiang Nangbah (1832-1862) of the adjacent Jaintia Hills led the two chief 19-century anti-British tribal uprisings in Northeast India. Both led chiefly-tribal armed resistance against the British East India Company's road-building and taxation policies in the Meghalaya hills, with Tirot Sing dying at Dhaka Jail imprisonment in 1835 and Nangbah publicly hanged at Jowai in 1862.
Sources
Standard biography; regional historiography.
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