Book on the saga of an adoloscent warrior of Himalayan region Tilu Rauteli of 15th century released in New Delhi

A book on the saga of a renowned female adoloscent warrior of 15th century of Uttarakhand hills who merely at the age of fifteen valiantly fought for seven long years with the enemies and finally succeeded in establishing victory over thirteen citadels of the then rulers in the Himalayan region of the hilly region was released on 27th January at Garhwal Bhawan, New Delhi.

The eminent writer, poet n literateur from Mumbai who retired as the Director from the Hindi directorate having several books to his credit Rajeshwar Uniyal has authored this book based on the life sketch of the historic female warrior TILU RAUTELI titled as TARPAN. According to the book’s writer Rajeshwar Uniyal, his main objective and basic motto of authoring the book after deep research is to accquaint the rest of the world about the saga of this valiant girl who at merely 15 years of age not only bravely fought the war with her enemies winning 15 Garh (citadels) in the hilly region of Uttarakhand Himalayas but had also exhibited an exceptional courage n valour at the time period ( 15th century) when women were the most exploited lot.

Uniyal said : the time has come when this ancient saga of this warrior has to come to the knowledge of the outside world from the valleys of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Prominent amongst those present in the book release function were , secretary of Sanskrit and Hindi Parishad of Delhi government Jeet Ram Bhatt, veteran journalist Diwan Singh Bajeli, Joint secretary of All India Congress Committee Haripal Rawat, Pawan Maithani, Secretary, Garhwal Hiteshini Sabha, theatre director from NSD Swarn Rawat, Neurologist Dr. Sharad Pandey, writer n literateur Ramesh Ghildiyal, Anil Makhloga, Meena Rana, Councillor, Ajay Bisht, Sr. journalists Vyomesh Jugran n Sunil Negi, Laxmi Rawat, Sharmila Amola n Vasndhara Negi.

The book release function was ably conducted by Ajay Bisht. The book jasbeen published by Naional Press n is available on line at the cost of Rs 200 per copy.
Sunil Negi, President, Uttarakhand Journalists Forum