U Tirot Sing

• A statue of U Tirot Sing was unveiled at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Dhaka.
• He was a freedom fighter from Khasi Hills who rebelled against British Colonialism some 200 years ago.

ABOUT TIROT SINGH

• Tirot Sing was a tribal chief known as ‘the Hero of the Khasi Hills’ of Meghalaya.
• Also known as U Tirot Sing Syiem, he drew lineage from Syiemlieh clan.
• Tirot Sing led an attack on the colonial forces on April 8, 1829.
• He sensed the attempts of Britishers to take over control of the Khasi Hills under the pretext of road construction connecting Guwahati to Sylhet through Khasi Hills.
• In Anglo-Khasi war (1829-33), he used guerilla tactics to evade and strike the militarily superior colonial forces.
• Tirot Sing was captured four years later after the Anglo-Khasi War and died in Dhaka as a political prisoner on July 17, 1835.