Archive images of the last three Asiatic cheetahs (on record) shot dead in Surguja district, Madhya Pradesh, Central India, now the state of Chattisgarh, along with the Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo who reportedly shot them down at night, circa 1948 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.