List of people executed in India

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 and only 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

No.	Name	Date	Age (at execution)	Age (at offence)	Location	State	Capital offence(s)	Notes	Source
1	Raghuraj Singh	9 September 1947	27		Jabalpur Central Jail	Central Provinces and Berar	Murder		[3]
2	Rohit Rishabh	30 December 1947	30		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
3	Singavarapu Mahalakshmudu	3 April 1948	32		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
4	Bhavana Venkadu	13 April 1948	40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
5	Kancharagunta Subbaiah	24 April 1948	28		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
6	Kalidindi Venkata Narasimha Raju	17 May 1948	24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
7	Basapppa Gundappa Hadignal	31 July 1948	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
8	Uppara Bala Obigan Subanna	13 July 1949	60		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
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	10 October 1949	24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Madras Presidency			[3]
15	Hanmanth Bhimappa Bhaskari	17 October 1949	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
16	Nathuram Godse	15 November 1949	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			[3]
19	Sanna Hanamappa Yamanappa Gadgi	20 February 1951	55		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
20	Vithoba Krishna Thorat	8 February 1951	62		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
21	Roshonlal	20 October 1951	NA	NA	Alipore Jail	West Bengal	Murder	Murders of Moni Sharma and Bela Sharma	[3]
22	Sidappa Basavaneppa Shiddanavar	17 December 1951	25		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
22	Shyama Charan Shukla/Sukul	21 June 1952	—	—	Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal		First person executed in West Bengal	[3][7]
23	Dyayappa Adivappa Dadi	22 August 1953	28		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
24	Rattan Bai Jain	3 January 1955	35		Tihar Jail	New Delhi	Murder of 3 girls	First woman executed in independent India	[8]
25	Ram Chariter Show	7 January 1955	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
26	Shivarudrappa Virbhadrappa Bhandigani	15 December 1955	21		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
27	Hanmanth Bhimappa Sullanavar	19 December 1955	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
28	Yallappa Nilappa Annigeri	30 December 1955	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
29	Birendra Nath Dutta	28 January 1956	—	—	Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
30	Tippanna Ningappa Agsar	16 May 1956	50		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
38	Pandurang Tatyasaheb Shinde	18 June 1956	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
32	Sadashiv Satteppa Khanchanale	9 July 1956	27		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
33	Bhimappa Shivarayappa Nandi	31 July 1956	39		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
34	Yallappa Somappa Nandi		19						[3]
35	Parasappa Somappa Nandi		28						[3]
36	Dundappa Basappa Bhadrashetti	11 September 1956	32		Belgaum Central Jail	Bombay State			[3]
37	Gopal Chandra Ghosh	8 February 1957	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
38	Shew Prasad alias Lall	20 December 1957	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
39	Shamsher Sheikh	10 May 1958	—	—	Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
40	Sher Mohammad		—	—
41	Abdul Khaleque	12 May 1958	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
42	Asgar Ali alias Ashu		—	—
43	Gura Sahu/Guna Show	29 May 1958	—	—	Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
44	Bachan Singh	23 June 1958	—	—	Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			[3][9]
45	Ajit Bose	9 August 1958	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
46	Dhanamath Guru alias Badis	18 August 1958	47		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa			[3]
47	Fakir Ahamed	8 November 1958	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
48	Bipin Bihari Sarkar	24 January 1959	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
49	Bishnu Charan Saha		—	—
50	Pyare Lal	16 June 1959	—	—	Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			[3][9]
51	Gurunath Govindrao Deshpande	27 July 1959	31		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
52	Ram Gopal	21 September 1959	—	—	Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			[3][9]
53	Bholanath Choudhury/Sadhukhan	23 September 1959			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
54	Yamanappa Tippanna Savadi	29 February 1960	35		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
55	Chinthala Gangula Reddy	10 August 1960	30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
56	Pulagam Ramarao	12 September 1960	18		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
57	Dhan Bhadur	11 October 1960	—	—	Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir			[3]
58	Bhadur Singh		—	—
59	Lalsing Mahasing Gurkha	21 November 1960	30		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
60	Narain Singh	7 December 1960	—	—	Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			[3][9]
61	Jampana Satyanarayana Raju	24 January 1961	30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
62	Sahidul Rahaman	1 April 1961	—	—	Dum Dum Central Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
63	Durga Prasad Katik		—	—
64	Bandi Mungulu	11 April 1961	35		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
65	Aditya Narayan Chatterjee	2 June 1961	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
66	Boya Danja Yerramala	17 October 1961	24		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
67	Md. Sharif	13 November 1961	—	—	Tihar Jail, New Delhi	Delhi			[3][9]
68	Attar Singh	4 January 1962	—	—	Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir			[3]
69	Ramdeo Kurmi	12 February 1962			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
70	Sovan Mati/Shovan alias Palan Mali
71	Sudama Singh	21 May 1962	—	—	Dum Dum Central Correctional Home	West Bengal	Murder	Murders of two men	[3]
72	Ram Sankar Singh		—	—
73	Sanivarapu Venkateswarlu Reddy	26 May 1962	19		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
74	Babulal Das alias Bhuku Das	8 June 1962	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
75	Kummara Eswarppa	10 September 1962	40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
76	Ediga	21 December 1962	45		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
77	Chintehalapudi Andiah	9 January 1963	40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
78	Sk. Babu Sahib	16 January 1963	30		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
79	Hamam Singh	19 June 1963	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
80	Bhagwan Singh		—	—
81	Arjunen alias Polka Damb	29 June 1963	22		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa			[3]
82	Nagappa Sahebgoudar Patil	26 July 1963	42		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
83	Sitaram Kaher	1 September 1963			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3]
84	Sultan Mondal	22 October 1963	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
85	Ram Singh	13 March 1964	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
86	Sohan Singh	31 March 1964	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
87	Boya Sanajjimmappa	8 May 1964	32		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
88	Yashwant Bandu koli	10 August 1964	45		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
89	Khetra Mohan Dhali	12 August 1964			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3]
90	Sathi Venkaiah	23 November 1964	50		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
91	Bhramar Singh/Bhomour Singh	1 April 1965			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal			[3][7]
92	Suman Singh/Samundar Singh								[3][7]
93	Gansa Pahan	7 June 1965	—	—	Presidency Correctional Home	West Bengal			[3]
94	Jwala Ran	29 December 1965	—	—	Patiala Central Jail				[3]
95	Srichand	26 October 1966	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
96	Manzoor Ahmad		—	—
97	Lochan Pal	26 July 1967	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
98	Hasansab Imamsab Jatagar	17 August 1967	42		Belgaum Central Jail	Mysore State			[3]
99	Maslansab Dadasab Jatagar		40
101	Abdul Fakirsab Jatagar		40
102	Polanki Ayyanna	28 February 1968	40		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
103	Kurra Chakram		30
104	Madkami Mala	18 May 1968	37		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa			[3]
105	Rayi alias Rayi Narasaih	19 June 1968	50		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
106	Penbnagonda Chinna Chenna Reddy	8 August 1968	42		Rajahmundry Central Prison	Andhra Pradesh			[3]
	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	22 January 1971	—	—	Patiala Central Jail				[3]
108	Raghab Naik	3 August 1971	43		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa			[3]
109	Jai Chand	7 October 1974	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
110	Hukum Chand		—	—
111	Malakendra Ramachandra Patil	20 June 1975	40		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka			[3]
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	6 February 1976	—	—	Patiala Central Jail				[3]
118	Laxman Ram	31 October 1976	—	—	Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir			[3]
119	Amrit Bhushan Gupta	18 January 1977	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
120	Shiv Mohan	7 April 1977	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
121	Baksis Singh	1 December 1977	—	—	Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
122	Joseph Peter alias Kumar	28 January 1978	—	—	Central Jail, Aguada				[3]
123	Sidrai Siddappa Sonnad	18 March 1978	34		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka			[3]
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	31 January 1982			Tihar Jail	Delhi	Kidnapping and Murder	Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case	[3][12]
131	Jasbir Singh alias Billa								[3][12]
132	Balbir Singh	27 April 1983	—	—	Patiala Central Jail				[3]
133	Mehar Chand	3 May 1983	63	57–62	Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murder of 5 people of the same family over a property dispute	[3]
134	Surjit Singh alias Jagjit Singh	6 May 1983	—	—	Patiala Central Jail				[3]
135	Ujagar Singh alias Santa Singh	9 October 1983			Tihar Jail	Delhi			[3][9]
136	Kartar Singh
137	Hanamanth Laxmappa Mallyar	9 November 1983	27		Belgaum Central Jail	Karnataka			[3]
138	Rajendra Jakkal	27 November 1983			Yerwada Central Jail	Maharashtra	Murder	Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders
139	Dilip Dhyanoba Sutar
140	Shantaram Kanhoji Jagtap
141	Munawar Harun Shah
142	Maqbool Bhat	11 February 1984	45	28	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Murder		[3]
143	Gulzar Singh	14 June 1988	—	—	Patiala Central Jail	Punjab	Murder and treason		[3]
144	Bhajan Singh		—	—
145	Raj Kumar	5 July 1988	—	—	Patiala Central Jail	Punjab			[3]
146	Baba Balyogi alias Ganpat	14 July 1988	29		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Rape and murder		[3]
146	Paramhans Yadav	1988				Bihar	Murder	Convicted of killing Gopalganj DM MPN Sharma	[3]
147	Satwant Singh	6 January 1989	27	22	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Murder	Assassination of Indira Gandhi	[3]
148	Kehar Singh						Conspiracy to murder
149	Gurcharan Singh	16 June 1989			Patiala Central Jail	Punjab	Murder	Last persons to be executed in Punjab	[3][13][14]
150	Pritam Singh
151	Gulab Singh	28 June 1989	—	—	Ambala Central Jail	Haryana	Murder	Last person to be executed in Haryana	[3][15]
152	Umaid Singh alias Umaida Ram	8 September 1989	45		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan			[3]
153	V Balakrishnan	16 March 1990	32	25	Central Prison, Kannur	Kerala	Murder	1984 Vakeri murder of 4 people	[4][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	21 August 1991			Alipore Central Jail	West Bengal	Murder	Murder of 8 members of a family, including one woman and child, in 1987	[3][19][20]
156	Sukumar Burman alias Sutku
157	Ranjeet Singh	28 November 1991	32		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Mass murder along with Syo Lal	[3]
158	Syo Lal		76					Murder of his brother and his family members for property dispute
159	Raj Gopal	10 February 1992	—	—	Jammu District Jail	Jammu and Kashmir	Murder	Murder of his father and step brother	[3]
160	Sukhdev Singh Sukha	9 October 1992	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	16 July 1994	36		Berhampore Circle Jail	Orissa	Rape and murder	Rape and murder of minor girl in forest while being in drunkard state.	[3]
163	Bheru Singh	20 August 1994	40		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murdered his wife Smt Kajodbai, his two daughters, one son	[3]
164	Auto Shankar	27 April 1995	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	12 June 1995			Bhagalpur Central Jail	Bihar	Murder	Multiple account of murders of family members, including his wife Usha Bahri and children with help of his two friends.	[21]
166	Ramchandra alias Ravjee	4 May 1996	29		Jaipur Central Jail		Murder	Murder of 5 persons, including his pregnant wife and 3 children on 6 May 1993	[3][22][23]
167	Surja Ram	7 April 1997	52		Jaipur Central Jail	Rajasthan	Murder	Murder of 5 persons; his brother, sister-in-law, their 2 sons and an aunt	[3][23][24]
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.	[25]
169	Dhananjoy Chatterjee	14 August 2004	39	25	Alipore Jail, Kolkata	West Bengal	Rape and Murder	Rape and murder of 18-year-old Hetal Parekh on 5 March 1990	[3][26]
170	Ajmal Kasab	21 November 2012	25	21	Yerwada Central Jail	Maharashtra	Murder, and waging war against the Government of India	2008 Mumbai attacks	[27]
171	Afzal Guru	9 February 2013	43	32	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Conspiracy	2001 Indian Parliament attack	[3]
172	Yakub Memon	30 July 2015	53	30	Central Jail, Nagpur	Maharashtra	Conspiracy	1993 Bombay bombings	[28]
173	Mukesh Singh	20 March 2020	32	25	Tihar Jail	Delhi	Rape and Murder	2012 Delhi gang rape and murder	[29]
174	Akshay Thakur		31	24
175	Vinay Sharma		26	19
176	Pawan Gupta		26	19

See also

• Capital punishment in India