For those who haven't read the legend of Mohan - the founding father of the white tigers of Rewa - this story is a must read for you.

Known as the first ancestor of Bengal's white tiger population, Mohan's narrative begins in captivity. Raised in the court of Maharaja of Rewa, Mohan was just a cub when he was first captured. The cub lost his mother and siblings to the onslaught of hunters, and was brought to the court of Govindgarh.

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Insistent of procuring more white cubs - for the lure of one enchanted the hunters more than anything else - the Maharaja had Mohan breed with their 'royal consort' Begum, who was a normal coloured wild tigress. However, even after three attempts, the duo failed to procreate a white cub, and all the cubs born were of normal colour.

But desire soon led to desperation and Mohan was mated with his own daughter Radha - who had inherited the white gene from her father. And as luck would have it, the couple bred four white cubs who were subsequently named Raja, Rani, Mohini and Sukeshi.

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While Raja and Rani were sent off to their new home in the New Delhi zoo, and Mohini was given off to a German-American billionaire, Sukeshi was left behind at the court for further relentless mating with Mohan.

White tigers are held captive around the world for their colour and financial purposes. Only 0.001% of the tiger population represents the white colour. And even though the breeding of white tigers is seriously condemned, the process is still extremely rampant. So much so that experts believe that it leads to the loss of genetic variability and inbreeding depression in the animals.

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Even National Geographic covered the legend of Mohan in their story titled Great Zoos Of The World in 1970 - the same year when Mohan breathed his last at the age of 20 and was laid to rest with Hindu rites.

Mohan was the last white tiger born in the wild and hence will always be remembered as a legend.