File:Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo with cheetah kill 1948 BNHS.jpg

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English: Photo of the last three Asiatic cheetahs (on record) shot dead in Surguja district, Madhya Pradesh, Central India along with the Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo who reportedly shot them down at night as reported in the Journal of Bombay Natural History Society by his private secretary. The Asiatic cheetah has never been recorded in India after this.
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Source Journal of Bombay Natural History Society Vol. 47, Page 719 (1948).
Author Private Secretary to Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo
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Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo next to the last 3 Asiatic Cheetahs in India which he killed

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