Tilu Rauteli (born Tilottama Devi) was a Garhwali Rajput 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.modern historian rejects claim of tilu rauteli existence and consider it as pure fictional folktales as it doesn't match many other known facts like kumaon was under chand rule 12 century till 1790 and katyuri rule in hills ended in 12 century,while tilu rauteli is said to be born in 17 century thus katyuri dynasty has already ended 5 century earlier.Also no other source other than garhwal folktale mentions tilu rauteli. Above mention battles has no historical evidence,however persistent efforts by garhwal