The influential Khasi Students' Union, the state government and other NGOs placed wreaths at the Khasi freedom fighter, whose rebellion against the British empire was noteworthy.
U Tirot Singh, the tribal Khasi chief of Nongkhlaw Kingdom, was the first tribal Khasi ruler to rebel against the British empire in 1829.
The Riti Academy of Visual Art in collaboration with the Friends Connection also observed the day with a literary and historical deliberation by renowned local scholars, academicians and NGO leaders on the theme 'Freedom - the spirit of sacrifice.'
On January 13, 1833, the British forces captured him and kept him in captivity at Dhaka where he died on July 17, 1835.
