Overview

• The life-size statue was unveiled in Nongkhlaw on July 17 to honor the Khasi leader who died in Dhaka Central Jail in 1835
• Traditional heads of Hima Nongkhlaw, community elders and local residents paid floral tributes and observed a moment of silence
• Speeches and traditional songs at the ceremony recalled Tirot Sing’s 1829–33 guerrilla campaign against unauthorized British road construction
• The Khasi Students’ Union used the commemoration to press the state government for new laws protecting indigenous rights
• The Meghalaya BJP resolved to petition the central government for national recognition and wider promotion of Tirot Sing’s legacy