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Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo
Three of the last Asiatic cheetahs recorded from India were shot down in 1947, by Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Korea, as seen in this photo submitted by his private secretary to JBNHS.[1]
Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo was a ruler of erstwhile Korea State.[2] He was crowned as the king of Korea in 1925 and continued to rule the state till the state's merger with independent India on 1 January 1948.[3][4] He had represented the ruling Chief, in the second Round Table Conference held in London in 1931.[3] He was a Rajput by caste.[5][6] He is known for killing the last three surviving Asiatic cheetahs of India.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Divyabhanusinh (1999). The End of a Trail: the Cheetah in India. Banyan Books, New Delhi.
- ↑ "'The Story of India's Cheetahs': How the cheetah went from being hunter to hunted". Scroll.in. 17 June 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "District Korea". Government of Chhattisgarh.
- ↑ "Who was Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo, man responsible for killing India's last cheetahs?". Opoyi.com. 2022.
- ↑ Dilip Patel (20 September 2022). "Will the Kuno Cheetah can die like Gujarat?". All Gujarat News.
- ↑ Report on the Administration of the Feudatory States of the Central Provinces. 2022.
- ↑ "कौन थे महाराज रामानुज प्रताप सिंह, जिन्होंने आखिरी भारतीय चीता को गोली मारी थी?". The Lallantop. 17 September 2022.
- ↑ "Cheetah: Did India's erstwhile nobility cause its wildlife's downfall? Apply nuance, some say". Down to earth. 19 September 2022.