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The Unconquered King: U Tirot Sing and the First True War for India's Freedom
Paperback
Historical FiguresIndian & South Asian History
Publisher: Chronicles of Spirit
Published: Sep 6 2025
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Long before the famous Revolt of 1857, a king in India's misty hills ignited one of the first, most brilliant, and most forgotten wars against the British Empire. This is his incredible true story.
They called him a rebel. His people called him a king.
In the early 19th century, U Tirot Sing, the charismatic king of the Khasi people, ruled a sovereign kingdom in the mountains of Northeast India. A brilliant diplomat and a master of guerrilla warfare, he was faced with an impossible choice when the British East India Company demanded to build a road through his ancestral lands.
What began as a cautious alliance born from a promise of prosperity quickly spiraled into a shocking betrayal. Realizing the road was not a path to trade but a chain of colonization, Tirot Sing did the unthinkable: he declared war on an empire.
The Unconquered King is the gripping, fact-based account of the four-year Anglo-Khasi War, a conflict that predates the Sepoy Mutiny by decades. This inspirational historical biography uncovers the story of:
- A MASTER STRATEGIST: How Tirot Sing forged a confederacy of hill chiefs and waged a sophisticated guerrilla campaign that baffled the world's most powerful army.
- A FORGOTTEN HEROINE: The tale of Ka Phan Nonglait, the woman warrior who single-handedly disarmed a British platoon with nothing but her wits and a jug of rice beer.
- A SHOCKING BETRAYAL: The heartbreaking story of how the king was captured only after being sold out for a bag of gold coins.
- THE TRUTH OF HIS FINAL DAYS: Uncover the recently discovered, true story of his exile-a reality more complex and poignant than the myths of a dark prison cell.
This is not just a biography; it is the restoration of a lost chapter in the history of the fight for freedom. It is a story of a leader who stood unbowed against impossible odds and left behind a legacy of courage that continues to inspire generations.
If you love riveting stories of forgotten heroes, epic struggles against empires, and the indomitable power of the human spirit, you will not be able to put down The Unconquered King.
Discover the story of the first true war for India's freedom. Get your copy today.
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