Tilu Rauteli

Tilu Rauteli
Bornc. 1661
Garhwal, present-day Uttarakhand, India
Diedc. 1681 (age ~20)
Khairagarh, Garhwal region, India
Other namesTeelu Devi Rauteli
OccupationFolk warrior
Known forLeading battles in 17th-century Garhwal
PartnerBhawani Singh Negi (as per oral tradition)
ParentBhoop Singh

Tilu Rauteli (born Tilottama Devi) was a Garhwali warrior and folk heroine who was born in village Gurrad Talla, Chaundkot, Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India during the seventeenth century. She is credited with fighting seven wars between the ages of fifteen and twenty.

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