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Rattan Bai (15 July 1890 – 1 January 1986) was an Indian actress and singer. She was the mother of actress Shobhna Samarth, grandmother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja, great-grandmother of actresses Kajol, Tanishaa Mukerji and actor Mohnish Bahl. [1] Biography.
- Introduction
- Turning The Pages of History : First Women to Get Death Penalty in India
- Story of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit
- Shabnam Ali : A Common Name in The Subject Matter of The Death Penalty
- Reconsidering Death Penalty
- Conclusion
- References
The number of individuals executed in India since 1947 is a point of contention. Official government data state that only 57 people have been executed since 1947. However, information from other sources suggests that the official government estimates are inaccurate and that the true number of executions in India could be in the thousands. Rattan Ba...
Rattan Bai Jain, the first woman executed in independent India, was hanged on 3 January 1955 at Tihar Jail. Rattan Bai Jain was hanged in 1955 for poisoning three girls and killing them. She worked as the manager of a sterility clinic and had murdered the girls who were employees at her clinic over suspicion that they were having affairs with her h...
Lack of media coverage and authentic electronic sources have been successful in throwing dust in the eyes of common people when it comes to knowing about Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde, women who were awarded the death penalty by Kolapur Sessions Court and later by the Bombay High Court. In the chain of crimes perpetrated by these appellants, they w...
Shabnam Ali, a death row inmate in Uttar Pradesh, is on her way to becoming the first woman to be executed in independent India. Shabnam is set to be hanged in the Mathura jail in Uttar Pradesh, which is the country’s only prison with a special execution room for women offenders. The Amroha Sessions Court is yet to issue the death warrant, which wi...
A death sentence is inherently irreversible. When a death sentence is carried out, the convict’s life is taken away from him or her. If it is later discovered that such a sentence was not merited, it will be of little benefit because that person’s life cannot be restored. As a result, the Supreme Court in the discussed case believed that any method...
This case is significant as it demonstrated that equality still exists in Indian society. Regardless of who committed the crime, how they committed it, or why they did it, a person, irrespective of gender, must face the consequences of their actions. However, the Supreme Court’s approval of the death penalty of the accused without examining the acc...
- Rachit Garg
Rattanbai Jinnah ( née Petit; 20 February 1900 – 20 February 1929), also known as Ruttie Petit, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder.
Apr 1, 2014 · Rattan Bai was one of the earliest actresses of Indian cinema. She was the mother of actress Shobhna Samarth and thus the grandmother of actresses Nutan and Tanuja. She is the great grandmother of actors of today, Kajol, Tanisha and Monish Behl.
No woman has been hanged in India since 1955, when Rattan Bai Jain, who killed three girls, became the first woman sent to the gallows since independence.
- Candace Sutton
Sep 2, 2014 · Although India is among a minority of countries that still allow capital punishment, no woman has been hanged in India since 1955, when Rattan Bai Jain, convicted of killing three girls, became...
Married at 15 and the mother of two sons, Ratan Bai was known to be private and reclusive by nature. Tragically, despite her successful career, she faded into anonymity by the mid-1940s. images.
