First Indian was executed after independence in India.

Rasha, also known as Raghuraj Singh in some records, first Indian was executed after independence in India.

He was hanged on September 9, 1947, at Jabalpur Central Jail in present-day Madhya Pradesh.

Maharaja Nandakumar was the first Indian to be hanged by the British in India, on August 5, 1775.

The execution took place less than a month after India gained independence on August 15, 1947.

Rasha was convicted of murder, and his case had completed all stages of legal appeal.

The death sentence was carried out under the Indian Penal Code and criminal justice system inherited from British rule.

This showed that colonial-era laws and procedures continued to operate in the early days of independent India.

The event marked a continuation of British judicial practices even as India began shaping its own national identity.

Very little information is available about Rasha’s personal life or the exact details of his crime.
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