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First White Tiger
A forest laborer reported sighting a white tiger cub. -
Dead White Tigers
The cub's mother and two of its three siblings were shot and killed. -
Mohan
Maharaja Martand Singh captured Mohan -
Run Away
The cub escapes and a large party goes out to recapture it. -
New Tiger
A normal colored tigress named Begum is captured. -
Begun's family
Begum produced a litter of a male and two female cubs. All were orange, as were all the cubs in her subsequent two litters. -
Mohan and Radha
Mohan was mated with Radha, his four-year-old daughter from the second litter with Begum. -
Radhas Family
Radha produced an all-white litter of a male and three female cubs. They were christened Raja, Rani, Sukeshi and Mohini. Subsequently: The male and one female (Raja and Rani) were gifted to the National Zoological Gardens in New Delhi. Mohini was transported to Washington D.C. -
Sukeshi
Sukeshi was kept for mating with Mohan and remained with him until he was withdrawn from breeding. She was then housed with her son in hopes they would breed but he showed no interest in mating with her and after six years without success she too was transferred to the National Zoological Gardens in New Delhi where she died on the 2nd February 1975. -
Rani tragic
Raja and Rani were mated. Rani gave birth to two white cubs, a male and a female. She mauled both and the female died. The male, 'Tippu' lost his tail and was hand-raised with great difficulty. August 1965: Two white cubs born to Rani. Both die due to neglect. -
Rani cubs
Three white cubs are born to Rani. They were left in her care for just over a month, at which point she lost interest and they were hand-raised. The female dies at the age of 17-months and one male dies on the 17th April 1967 during shipping to the United States. Breeding of Rani continued and she produced a total of 20 white cubs. -
Mohan death
Mohan died aged 19 years 7 months. All captive white tigers descend from Mohan, which explains why they are so genetically inbred.
