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Tiladi massacre
Part of Indian independence movement
Native name तिलाड़ी हत्याकांड
Date30 May 1930
LocationTiladi Sera village, Rawain Valley, Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal State, British India
Also known asRawain massacre (रेवाई हत्याकांड)
TypeMassacre
MotiveSuppression of protest against forest taxation and colonial forest policies
TargetVillagers of Rawain Valley protesting forest laws
PerpetratorForces of the Tehri Garhwal princely state,
Diwan of Tehri, Chakradhar Juyal [1]
Deaths18 (official), Over 200 (local accounts)[2]
Non-fatal injuriesOver 100 [2]

The Tiladi massacre (तिलाड़ी हत्याकांड), also known as the Rawain massacre (रवाईं हत्याकांड), was the mass shooting of unarmed protesters by the princely state forces of Tehri Garhwal State on 30 May 1930. The incident took place in a field of Tiladi village of the Rawain Valley, in present-day Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India. It occurred during the Indian independence movement, in response to local protests against repressive forest policies imposed under the British-backed Tehri Garhwal princely state. It led to the death of at least 200 villagers, with over 100 injured. [2][3][4][1]

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The period between 1850-1930 was marked by socio-environmental upheaval in the Tehri Garhwal region.[1] In the early 20th century, the princely state of Tehri Garhwal—a British protectorate—implemented harsh forest laws. These regulations curtailed the traditional forest rights of local communities in Rawain Valley. Notable policies included: A tax of ₹1 per livestock head for grazing sheep and goats, Prohibitions on grazing, fodder collection, and fuelwood harvesting and Bans on local forest-based festivals and rituals. These measures disrupted agrarian life and triggered widespread resentment.[5] Maharaja invited the representative for negotiation to Rajgarhi but got them arrested instead. This led to widespread protests in the region. Soon people became violent to free their leaders. They captured Subdivisional Magistrate, Surendradutt, though forest officer Padmadutta Raturi managed to escape to Narendra Nagar.[6]

The massacre

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On 30 May 1930, thousands of villagers assembled at Tiladi Sera near the Yamuna River in a peaceful demonstration. They demanded the repeal of the forest laws and the release of local activists who had been previously arrested. But Maharaja, via the Diwan of Tehri Garhwal State, Chakradhar Juyal, sent a troop of 300 soldiers. Subsequently, the troops opened fire on the crowd. Dozens were killed on the spot, and many others drowned while trying to flee across the Yamuna.[1][7][6][2] The official death toll was 18, but local accounts suggest 80–100 people may have died. Another 194 villagers were arrested; 70 were tried for sedition, and 16 reportedly died in custody. Subsequently, 65 people received various terms of imprisonment under the Sedition Act. [8][6]

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The brutality of the massacre was likened to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919.[1][9] It intensified local resistance against the princely state and contributed to the broader freedom movement in the Himalayan region.

Later, under public pressure, the Maharaja revoked some forest taxes and eased restrictions.[5]

Legacy

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A memorial commemorating the incident known as Tiladi Shaheed Smarak (Tiladi Martyrs Memorial) was constructed at the site. The massacre is commemorated annually in the Rawain region.[5][2] It remains a symbol of indigenous resistance to colonial and feudal oppression. Scholars and activists continue to demand greater national recognition of the event.[10]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Naithani, Apala; Naithani, Suneet; Dhasmana, Yogesh (28 September 2024). "(PDF) "Dhandak": A Socio-Environmental Disquiet; Tehri Dynasty, Uttarkhand, India". Journal Of Xi An University Of Architecture &Amp; Technology. XVI (9). Engineering Skill Development: 200–202. doi:10.37896/JXAT16.9/34819. ISSN 1006-7930. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bohra, Nirmala (11 August 2022). "उत्तराखंड की टिहरी रियासत में भी हुआ था जलियांवाला बाग जैसा कांड, यमुना के बागी बेटों ने दिया बड़ा बलिदान". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. ^ Pradeep Kumar (2000). "The Uttarakhand Movement: Construction of a Regional Identity". Kanishka Publishers. p. 57. ISBN 8173913579. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  4. ^ Ajay Singh Rawat (2002). "Garhwal Himalaya: A Study in Historical Perspective". Indus Publishing Company. p. 141-142. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Tiladi Kand History: People of Rawain Valley Rise Even Today After Remembering the Tragedy" (in Hindi). Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (1979). "Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Uttarkashi District: History". Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. p. 26. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Ravani Kand or Tiladi Kand - A Dark Chapter in Tehri's History". The Exam Pillar. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  8. ^ "92 Years of Tiladi Massacre: Activists Hold Demonstrations, Discussions". Times of India. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of Uttarakhand: The Rawain Kand". Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  10. ^ Negi, Dr. Balwant Singh. "Human Rights Crusade in Uttarakhand: Past to Present – A Dialogue". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

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The rich
will make temples for Siva.
What shall I,
a poor man,
do?

My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine,
the head a cupola
of gold.

Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,
things standing shall fall,
but the moving ever shall stay.

- Basava, 12th-century poet, tr. by A. K. Ramanugan

A Walk
My eyes already touch the sunny hill,
going far ahead of the road I have begun.
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;
it has its inner light, even from a distance—
and changes us, even if we do not reach it,
into something else, which, hardly sensing it,
we already are;
a gesture waves us on, answering our own wave . . .
but what we feel is the wind in our faces.

-Rainer Maria Rilke, 1924, Translated by Robert Bly [1]

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The part that resonated with me the most is the addiction to wanting acceptance or validation. I am learning that just my being is enough... that is big. I am enough regardless of who thinks what of me....

  • "Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace." - Marianne Williamson
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  • Let's not celebrate a birthday...Let's celebrate you, who you came here as and will long after, eternally after you leave this transient world!...Lets celebrate you everyday!

The journey of life is internal. It is of becoming more and more authentic, and aligned with our soul! Know your soul, it sparkles when I see it.

When we reflect, look within for the point of reference, rather than the world outside, we begin to know our souls deeply, with passing years. It allows our life to sparkle. No doubt, our self, constantly challenges us. But to not be more, rather only who we are, as who we are is enough, and that is our greatest challenge to stand in our light, authentic light!

Just be.

You are enough, for God created you!

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अकसर जायें हम जंगल शेरों को ढूँढते लेकिन शेर भी अगर कभी आ जायें, यहाँ हम लोगों को ढूँढते?!

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  • "Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water – after enlightenment chop wood, carry water.”
  • The more you focus on what you do not like in others and the world, the more you activate it in your experience! Instead the MORE you focus on what you LIKE, it would ONLY increase your life experience! :)
  • Allowing people to make choices as they like it the best way to be easy with them, and knowing that they would figure it out in the end, as you would, gives us peace!
  • People are people, we never know what they are, unless we can STEP into their shoes and THAT we can NEVER do, so spare them your judgment of them!

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...At the Summit, both Jnani and a Bhakta are left speechless, no wonder they all become silent once they experience the Absolute!

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Lack of integrity is a weakness, when we have an encounter with someone with such a weakness, may we be inspired forgive them, realising the consequences they will have to face not just now, but in future lifetimes, and pray for wisdom being dawned on them, as it has on you!

Loss of innocence and moral backbone has been a issue of perennial concern with parents and elders of society, witnessing the marked lack of a wisdom culture in modern life, which is more devout to monetary success and worships its demigods and goods, more than real ones.

Personally this archetypal betrayal, is a valuable experience, as from it we can scan our own inner darkness, plus learn to discern amongst people.

We also need the balance while growing up to become aware of dark side of society as well as of people. Just has we teach our children, or young adults as I prefer to see them, to discern between good touch and bad touch, we also need to teach them and even learn ourselves to distinguish between good attention and bad one, between good company and bad one, good path and bad one or environment for that matter, no matter how flattering it might seem outwardly. This can only be done if learn to listen to our inner intuition, gut feeling about thing.

Recently I read about American Army in Iraq has people who can sense this "cold feeling" when they step on to a road which has mines or some form of danger. Same can be used in guiding ourselves to better people to associate with, rather associating with people who we can look up rather than people who shower accolades at us and in turn control us by boosting our egos.

People who are inauthentic would do anything thing to make to like them, which is easy. Once they can tape into our inner "weakness of being liked". Guys have been doing it for ever, to latch on to girls with low self esteem, hence low standards in whom they would give their company to.

Is monetary success the only success or being a successful human being is equally important? When we as a society learn it, in the coming generation we'd have more of a society. Right now, we are hardly social, though we might like to think of ourselves as a society, we have clubs at the maximum.

When we realise that we are heroes of our life and not sidekicks, we'd be inspired naturally to lead a more authentic life, with greater integrity, honour and above all of social consequence. Few lives these days have any social consequence!

 
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Whatever works for an individual is the right path, none better than another. As someone rightly mentioned above one has to be ready for the self-inquiry path, even then bhakti is an essential ingredient, as you cannot stay aware at all times, so we do need grace! And for someone who is not ready, that is hasn't brought his/her shadow sides into awareness, this can be tricky,

as often they strike when you are most unprepared! So till the advent of grace, till our mind becomes still naturally, practice all that you need to. Thereafter stay at the heart. as the mind tend to ..wait for self-inquiry to happen spontaneously!

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Never settle for an ordinary life when you can live a life filled with the presence of the sacred in every single moment! You were born for something extraordinary. because you come from the extraordinary! Find your extra ordinary-ness deep beneath your ordinary-ness and thus your sacred nature!

 
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  1. ^ Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, ed. and trans. Robert Bly New York, 1981.
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