U Tirot Sing
Also called: Anglo-Khasi war · Topic: Peasant and Tribal Resistance under Company Rule · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
U Tirot Sing was the Khasi chief of Nongkhlaw, in the Khasi hills of present-day Meghalaya. The British wanted to build a road through the Khasi hills to link the Brahmaputra valley with Sylhet. He resisted this because it meant outsiders and troops moving through Khasi land. His war against the British, from 1829 to 1833, is often called the Anglo-Khasi war. He is remembered as an early hero of resistance in the north-east.
Example
In 1829 Tirot Sing attacked the British post at Nongkhlaw and then fought a guerrilla war from the hills. He surrendered in 1833 and died a prisoner in Dhaka in 1835.
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