Tiladi massacre

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
ParticipantsVillagers from Rawain Valley
Deaths18 (official), Over 200 (local accounts)
Non-fatal injuriesOver 100

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, near present-day Barkot in 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.