Tiladi massacre
| Part of Indian independence movement | |
| Native name | तिलाड़ी हत्याकांड |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 May 1930 |
| Location | Tiladi Sera village, Rawain Valley, Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal State, British India |
| Also known as | Rawain massacre (रेवाई हत्याकांड) |
| Type | Massacre |
| Motive | Suppression of protest against forest taxation and colonial forest policies |
| Target | Villagers of Rawain Valley protesting forest laws |
| Perpetrator | Forces of the Tehri Garhwal princely state, Diwan of Tehri, Chakradhar Juyal |
| Participants | Villagers from Rawain Valley |
| Deaths | 18 (official), Over 200 (local accounts) |
| Non-fatal injuries | Over 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.