How did Tirot Singh stopped British to construct the road?

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• who confronted the gun with weapons like arrows and swords.
• who fought with the British for four years.

We are going to talk about Tirot Singh, a patriot of Indian History, in this article.

Tirot Singh

Who was Tirot Singh?

Tirot Singh was born in 1802 in Merang (Meghalaya, India). He belonged to the Khasi community. He came forward and worked for the interests of the people of the Khasi community as Chief. So people of Khasi community considered Tirot Singh as Syiem (chief).

Why did Tirot Singh allow the British to build road?

The British concluded several treaties with the king of Gauhati and Silher. To go from Gohati to Silher, the British had to go through the forest area as there was a valley in the forest. It used to take a lot of time to walk through the forest. So the British wanted to build a road connecting Guwahati and Silher.

The area around the forest was populated by people of Khasi community. British General DeWitt Scott sought permission from Tirot Singh, a chieftain of the Khasi community, to build a road.

Road construction in forest

Tirot Singh also thought that already it takes many days to traverse the forest, if the opposite side could be reached in one to two days then it would be benificial. If the road is built, the people of Khasi community will also get employment in road work. Thinking that, Tirot Singh allowed the British to build the road.

Why did Tirot Singh refuse British General Devitt Scott to build a road?

General Dewitt Scott got permission from the Khasi community to build the road. Now the road work was going on vigorously and very fast. The laborers were also happy that if they wanted to go to the opposite village, they would be able to reach it in a short time and were working with their minds on the happiness.

One day suddenly a man from Bengal comes and gives such shocking news to Tirot Singh. Tirot Singh gets alarmed after hearing that news. Tirot Singh learns that the British are talking about taxing the road they are building.

When the road is made, the British will prepare their soldiers to fight and enslave the people of Nongkhala. As soon as Tirot Singh came to know about this, he refused the British to build a road.

How did Tirot Singh stopped British to construct the road?

As soon as Tirot Singh came to know about the actions of the British, he refused to build the road. British General DeWitt Scott did not listen to Tirot Singh and continued the work of building the road. Despite Tirot Singh refusing General Devitt Scott several times to build the road, the road work continued.

Tirot Singh's words had no effect. So he formed a squad with the consent of some of his men to intimidate the British and threw a bomb at the chonk which the British had built at Nongkhlama (the name of the village) to repel the British.

How was the Anglo-Khasi War created?

Tirot Singh fought a lot to drive the British out of Nongkhala. But the British were not ready to leave Nongkhala. Tirot Singh even killed some of the personal associates of British General Devitt Scott.

To take revenge on their allies, the British also fired guns at the people of Nongkhala. There was a huge conflict between the British and Tirot Singh and thus the Anglo-Khasi War was created.

How Tirot Singh responded to British in Anglo-Khasi War?

The Anglo-Khasi war had gradually taken on a monstrous dimension. Tirot Singh was a modest chieftain of the Khasi community living in the forest area. In the Anglo-Khasi War, Tirot Singh was responding to the British Baduk bullets with a native assassin.

Firing bullets

The British used to shoot gun bullets in the war. Tirot Singh did not have guns to fight, he used weapons like sword, arrow, spear in battle. He did not give in to the British and thus the war between the British and the Khasi community continued for four years.

Who cheated Tirot Singh ?

The Anglo-Khasi war lasted for four years. Tirot Singh was facing the British for four years. One day he was suddenly injured by a bullet from an Englishman's gun. He was wounded by the enemy but did not fall into enemy hands.

By cunning, Tirot Singh hide inside a cave in the hills. Hiding inside the cave, he was treating himself for a bullet wound. He was hiding in the cave was not known to anyone except his special associates. The British general lured a special associate of Tirot Singh and got all the information about him.

When the British general came to know about him, the general captured him from a mountain cave. Tirot Singh had been fighting for a long time and was also wounded so he became weak and was captured by the British.

Conclusion:

In this article we have seen that Tirot Singh was arrested by the British as soon as he was found hiding in the cave. He was imprisoned in a jail in Dhaka (currently the capital of Bangladesh). Even in jail, he struggled against the British. He was suffering from stomach ailment while in Dhaka jail. Tirot Singh died in jail on 17 July 1835 of stomach ailment.

He was called the king of Nongkhala. Tirot Singh's death anniversary is celebrated as "U Tirot Singh Day" in Meghalaya, India. The government has also released postage stamps of Tirot Singh.

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