List of people executed in India explained

The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run to several thousand.^{[1] [2]}

Research by the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has located government records of 1,422 executions in 16 states in the decade from 1953 to 1963 alone. PUDR located this information in an appendix of the 35th report of the Fourth Law Commission in 1967.^{[1] [2]} In 2015, the National Law University Delhi compiled a list of persons executed in India since 1947 and found that at least 752 individuals had been executed, including the period from 1 January to 15 August 1947. Their report was compiled "as per responses received from Central prisons in India. Certain prisons have either provided information only for a limited period or refused to provide any information or did not have any records available." Therefore, the actual number of persons would be much more than 752. While information about the number of executions should be available with individual prison departments within each state, the government has been reluctant to share such information. For example, authorities in Kerala claimed that all records of executions had been destroyed by termites. Andhra Pradesh gave the same reason for not furnishing post-1968 records. Bihar claimed that the state did not maintain records of executions, while Tamil Nadu's Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) refused to provide any records at all.^[3] According to Alexander Jacob, Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) of Kerala, "nearly 50 people had been executed in Kerala in the post-Independence period".^[4]

Rasha alias Raghuraj Singh, executed on 9 September 1947 at Jabalpur Central Jail, is presumed to be the first person executed in independent India.^[3] Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were hanged on 20 March 2020, were the last persons to be executed in India. Rattan Bai Jain, executed on 3 January 1955 at Tihar Jail, is presumed to be the first woman executed in independent India.^{[5] [6]}

List

This is not an exhaustive list of prisoners executed in independent India, and is not meant to be a reference for the total number of prisoners who have been executed in India since independence. There are no official collated figures available for executions in India, and this list has been compiled from multiple sources. Unless otherwise noted, all persons were executed by hanging.

No.	Name	Date	Age (at execution)	Age (at offence)	Location	State	Capital offence(s)	Notes	Source
1	Raghuraj Singh		27		Jabalpur Central Jail	Central Provinces and Berar	Murder
2	Rohit Rishabh	30 December 1947	30		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
3	Singavarapu Mahalakshmudu		32		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
4	Bhavana Venkadu		40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
5	Kancharagunta Subbaiah		28		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
6	Kalidindi Venkata Narasimha Raju		24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
7	Basapppa Gundappa Hadignal	31 July 1948	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
8	Uppara Bala Obigan Subanna		60		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
9	Chenchu China Rami Reddy		35
10	Chenchu Peda Rami Reddy		48
11	Jamula Lakshmi Reddy		33
12	Poreddypedda Thippa Reddy		25
13	Uppara Chinna Pullappa		35
14	Jonada Musalaiah		24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency
15	Hanmanth Bhimappa Bhaskari	17 October 1949	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
16	Nathuram Godse		39	37	Ambala Central Jail	East Punjab	Murder	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
17	Narayan Dattatraya Apte		39	37			Conspiracy to murder
18	Adyayya Parappa Ramgouda	16 January 1950	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
19	Sanna Hanamappa YamanappaGadgi	20 February 1951	55		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
20	Vithoba Krishna Thorat	8 February 1951	62		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
21	Roshonlal	20 October 1951	NA	NA	Alipore Jail	West Bengal	Murder	Murders of Moni Sharma and Bela Sharma
22	Sidappa Basavaneppa Shiddanavar	17 December 1951	25		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
22	Shyama Charan Shukla/Sukul				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal		First person executed in West Bengal	^[7]
23	Dyayappa Adivappa Dadi	22 August 1953	28		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
24	Rattan Bai Jain		35		Tihar Jail	New Delhi	Murder of 3 girls	First woman executed in independent India	^[8]
25	Ram Chariter Show				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
26	Shivarudrappa VirbhadrappaBhandigani	15 December 1955	21		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
27	Hanmanth Bhimappa Sullanavar	19 December 1955	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
28	Yallappa Nilappa Annigeri	30 December 1955	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
29	Birendra Nath Dutta				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
30	Tippanna Ningappa Agsar	16 May 1956	50		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
38	Pandurang Tatyasaheb Shinde	18 June 1956	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
32	Sadashiv Satteppa Khanchanale	9 July 1956	27		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
33	Bhimappa Shivarayappa Nandi	31 July 1956	39		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
34	Yallappa Somappa Nandi		19
35	Parasappa Somappa Nandi		28
36	Dundappa Basappa Bhadrashetti	11 September 1956	32		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State
37	Gopal Chandra Ghosh				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
38	Shew Prasad alias Lall				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
39	Shamsher Sheikh				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
40	Sher Mohammad
41	Abdul Khaleque				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
42	Asgar Ali alias Ashu
43	Gura Sahu/Guna Show				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
44	Bachan Singh				Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			^[9]
45	Ajit Bose				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
46	Dhanamath Guru alias Badis		47		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa
47	Fakir Ahamed				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
48	Bipin Bihari Sarkar				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
49	Bishnu Charan Saha
50	Pyare Lal				Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi
51	Gurunath Govindrao Deshpande	27 July 1959	31		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
52	Ram Gopal				Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi
53	Bholanath Choudhury/Sadhukhan				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
54	Yamanappa Tippanna Savadi	29 February 1960	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
55	Chinthala Gangula Reddy		30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
56	Pulagam Ramarao		18		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
57	Dhan Bhadur				Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir
58	Bhadur Singh
59	Lalsing Mahasing Gurkha	21 November 1960	30		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
60	Narain Singh				Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi
61	Jampana Satyanarayana Raju		30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
62	Sahidul Rahaman				Dum Dum Central Correctional Home	West Bengal
63	Durga Prasad Katik
64	Bandi Mungulu		35		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
65	Aditya Narayan Chatterjee				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
66	Boya Danja Yerramala		24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
67	Md. Sharif				Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi
68	Attar Singh				Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir
69	Ramdeo Kurmi				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
70	Sovan Mati/Shovan alias Palan Mali
71	Sudama Singh				Dum Dum Central Correctional Home	West Bengal	Murder	Murders of two men
72	Ram Sankar Singh
73	Sanivarapu Venkateswarlu Reddy		19		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
74	Babulal Das alias Bhuku Das				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
75	Kummara Eswarppa		40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
76	Ediga	21 December 1962	45		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
77	Chintehalapudi Andiah		40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
78	Sk. Babu Sahib		30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
79	Hamam Singh				Tihar Jail	Delhi
80	Bhagwan Singh
81	Arjunen alias Polka Damb		22		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa
82	Nagappa Sahebgoudar Patil	26 July 1963	42		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
83	Sitaram Kaher				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
84	Sultan Mondal				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
85	Ram Singh				Tihar Jail	Delhi
86	Sohan Singh				Tihar Jail	Delhi
87	Boya Sanajjimmappa		32		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
88	Yashwant Bandu koli	10 August 1964	45		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
89	Khetra Mohan Dhali				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
90	Sathi Venkaiah		50		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
91	Bhramar Singh/Bhomour Singh				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal
92	Suman Singh/Samundar Singh
93	Gansa Pahan				Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal
94	Jwala Ran				Patiala Central Jail
95	Srichand				Tihar Jail	Delhi
96	Manzoor Ahmad
97	Lochan Pal				Tihar Jail	Delhi
98	Hasansab Imamsab Jatagar	17 August 1967	42		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State
99	Maslansab Dadasab Jatagar		40
101	Abdul Fakirsab Jatagar		40
102	Polanki Ayyanna		40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
103	Kurra Chakram		30
104	Madkami Mala		37		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa
105	Rayi alias Rayi Narasaih		50		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
106	Penbnagonda Chinna Chenna Reddy		42		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh
	Sucha Singh Bassi	21 September 1970			Rohtak Central Prison	Punjab	Murder	Assassination of Partap Singh Kairon	^[10]
	Nahar Singh "Fauji"
	Baldev Singh
107	Dharam Singh				Patiala Central Jail
108	Raghab Naik		43		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa
109	Jai Chand				Tihar Jail	Delhi
110	Hukum Chand
111	Malakendra Ramachandra Patil	20 June 1975	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka
112	Sambhaji Vithal Patil		26
113	Shivaji Vithal Patil		24
114	Girimallappa Rudrappa Madgalli		24
115	Rajappa Pandappa Nannavar		25
116	Vemenappa Bhimappa Madar		55
117	Mohinder Singh				Patiala Central Jail
118	Laxman Ram				Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir
119	Amrit Bhushan Gupta				Tihar Jail	Delhi
120	Shiv Mohan				Tihar Jail	Delhi
121	Baksis Singh				Tihar Jail	Delhi
122	Joseph Peter alias Kumar				Central Jail, Aguada
123	Sidrai Siddappa Sonnad	18 March 1978	34		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka
124	Khubanna Jakkappa Godekar		42
125	Sabu Balappa Jaljannavar		30
126	Dundappa Kashappa Managadi		35
127	Basappa Shivappa Hadimani		25
128	Kampatimar Shankariya	16 May 1979	27		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murder of over 70 people in 1977–1978
129	Azhakesan	1979			Central Prison, Poojappura	Kerala	Murder	Killing of toddlers as part of black magic	^[11]
130	Kuljeet Singh alias Ranga				Tihar Jail	Delhi	Kidnapping and Murder	Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case	^[12]
131	Jasbir Singh alias Billa
132	Balbir Singh				Patiala Central Jail
133	Mehar Chand		63	57–62	Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murder of 5 people of the same family over a property dispute
134	Surjit Singh alias Jagjit Singh				Patiala Central Jail
135	Ujagar Singh alias Santa Singh				Tihar Jail	Delhi
136	Kartar Singh
137	Hanamanth Laxmappa Mallyar	9 November 1983	27		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka
138	Rajendra Jakkal				Yerwada Central Jail	Maharashtra	Murder	Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders
139	Dilip Dhyanoba Sutar
140	Shantaram Kanhoji Jagtap
141	Munawar Harun Shah
142	Maqbool Bhat		45	28	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Murder
143	Gulzar Singh				Patiala Central Jail	Punjab
144	Bhajan Singh
145	Raj Kumar				Patiala Central Jail	Punjab
146	Baba Balyogi alias Ganpat		29		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan
146	Paramhans Yadav					Bihar	Murder	Convicted of killing Gopalganj DM MPN Sharma
147	Satwant Singh		27	22	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Murder	Assassination of Indira Gandhi
148	Kehar Singh						Conspiracy to murder
149	Gurcharan Singh				Patiala Central Jail	Punjab	Murder	Last persons to be executed in Punjab	^[13] ^[14]
150	Pritam Singh
151	Gulab Singh				Ambala Central Jail	Haryana	Murder	Last person to be executed in Haryana	^[15]
152	Umaid Singh alias Umaida Ram		45		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan
153	V Balakrishnan	16 March 1990			Central Prison, Kannur	Kerala	Murder	1984 Vakeri murder of 4 people	^[16]
154	Muthukutty Chandran	6 July 1991			Central Prison, Kannur	Kerala	Murder and rape	Serial killer in Kasaragod district and South Canara who murdered around 18 persons in the model of Jack the Ripper	^[17] ^[18]
155	Kartick Seal/Sil				Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal	Murder	Murder of 8 members of a family, including one woman and child, in 1987	^[19] ^[20]
156	Sukumar Burman alias Sutku
157	Ranjeet Singh		32		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan
158	Syo Lal		76
159	Raj Gopal				Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir
160	Sukhdev Singh Sukha		30	23	Yerwada Central Jail	Maharashtra	Murder	Murder of Gen. Vaidya, Lalit Maken and Arjan Dass
161	Harjinder Singh Jinda		31	24
162	Laxman Naik		36		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa
163	Bheru Singh		40		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan
164	Auto Shankar		41	34	Salem Central Prison	Tamil Nadu	Murder	Murder of 6 persons, over a period of two years in 1988–1989
165	Suresh Chandra Bahri				Bhagalpur Central Jail	Bihar	Murder
166	Ramchandra alias Ravjee		29		Jaipur Central Jail		Murder	Murder of 5 persons, including his pregnant wife and 3 children on 6 May 1993	^[21] ^[22]
167	Surja Ram		52		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murder of 5 persons; his brother, sister-in-law, their 2 sons and an aunt	^[23]
168	Kanta Prasad Tiwari	27 May 1997			Jabalpur Central Prison	Madhya Pradesh	Rape and murder	Rape and murder of 8 years old niece in state of being drunk.	^[24]
169	Dhananjoy Chatterjee		39	25	Alipore Jail, Kolkata	West Bengal	Rape and Murder	Rape and murder of 14-year-old Hetal Parekh on 5 March 1990
170	Ajmal Kasab		25	21	Yerwada Central Jail	Maharashtra	Murder, and waging war against the Government of India	2008 Mumbai attacks	^[25]
171	Afzal Guru		43	32	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Conspiracy	2001 Indian Parliament attack
172	Yakub Memon		53	30	Central Jail, Nagpur	Maharashtra	Conspiracy	1993 Bombay bombings	^[26]
173	Mukesh Singh	20 March 2020	32	25	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Rape and Murder	2012 Delhi gang rape and murder	^[27]
174	Akshay Thakur		31	24
175	Vinay Sharma		26	19
176	Pawan Gupta		25	18

See also

• Capital punishment in India

External links

• Death Penalty Research Project's list of prisoners executed in India since 1947

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Number of executions much higher than 55'. The Times of India. 30 January 2015.
2. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure. https://web.archive.org/web/20050410221738/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050323/asp/atleisure/story_4524114.asp. dead. April 10, 2005. telegraphindia.com. 30 January 2015.
3. Web site: State-wise list of prisoners executed in India since 1947. deathpenaltyindia.com. National Law University Delhi. 29 January 2015.
4. News: In abolishing death penalty, Travancore set an example. The Hindu. 7 January 2013. 30 January 2015.
5. Web site: Two sisters to be first women hanged in India. 18 August 2014. Telegraph.co.uk. 30 January 2015.
6. Web site: Two sisters from Maharashtra's Kolhapur may become the first women to be hanged in India. The Times of India. 30 January 2015.
7. Web site: Hangman gets his last chance. https://web.archive.org/web/20050103054123/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040805/asp/calcutta/story_3583755.asp. dead. January 3, 2005. telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. 5 August 2004.
8. Web site: Hanged for slaying 3.
9. Web site: Execution trajectory in India. DNA. DNA. 28 January 2015. 21 November 2012.
10. Web site: 2020-08-21 . 55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh Kairon’s assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter . 2023-07-09 . Hindustan Times . en.
11. Web site: TNN. Apr 7, 2015. After 36 yrs, prison in Kerala all set to witness execution Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India. 2022-01-26. The Times of India. en.
12. Web site: Ranga-Billa redux: How rapists were sent to gallows. https://web.archive.org/web/20150410091726/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/ranga-billa-redux-how-rapists-were-sent-to-gallows/article1-986931.aspx. dead. April 10, 2015. hindustantimes.com/. 30 January 2015.
13. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Kaleidoscope. tribuneindia.com. 30 January 2015.
14. News: Beant Singh's assassin to be hanged in Patiala on March 31. Special Correspondent. The Hindu. 15 March 2012.
15. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Kaleidoscope. tribuneindia.com. 30 January 2015.
16. Web site: Rejith Balakrishnan. Mar 22, 2020. Kerala has 16 convicts on death row Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India. 2022-01-26. The Times of India. en.
17. Web site: Killers on death row long for mercy. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930002331/http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1274617.ece. dead. September 30, 2012. The New Indian Express. 30 January 2015.
18. Web site: 2002-09-01. Ripper-style' murders on the rise. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001140439/https://www.thehindu.com/2002/09/01/stories/2002090101360300.htm. 1 October 2018. The Hindu. 30 January 2015.
19. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-01-28 . 2015-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217191504/https://www.amnesty.org/ar/library/asset/ASA20/039/1991/es/400235c5-f941-11dd-92e7-c59f81373cf2/asa200391991en.pdf . dead .
20. Web site: 'I hanged my first victim when I was 16'. indianexpress.com. 30 January 2015.
21. Web site: Kasabs execution second fastest in the country? - NDTVProfit.com. ndtv.com. 30 January 2015.
22. News: Former judges call for commutation of death penalty. Special Correspondent. The Hindu. 22 August 2012.
23. Web site: Surja Ram - Death Penalty Project: India. deathpenaltyindia.com. 30 January 2015.
24. News: 2013-08-08 . Man who beheaded 5 daughters to be hanged by Kasab's executioner today . The Times of India . 2023-07-09 . 0971-8257.
25. News: Kulkarni . Kaustubh . Abbas . Naeem . Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab executed secretly, sparks celebrations . 3 January 2024 . Reuters . 21 November 2012.
26. News: Yakub Memon Hanged in Nagpur Jail. https://web.archive.org/web/20150730100734/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-1993-mumbai-blasts-convict-yakub-memon-hanged-at-nagpur-jail/article1-1374497.aspx. dead. July 30, 2015. 30 July 2015. Hindustan Times . 30 July 2015.
27. Web site: March 20, 2020. Justice for Nirbhaya: 4 men convicted for gang-rape hanged 7 years after brutal crime. 2021-01-25. India Today. en.