Vitthal Sundar

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Vitthal Sundar Parshurami
Raja Pratapwant Bahadur
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Samadhi (memorial commemorating the dead) of Vitthal Sundar Parashurami
Prime Minister of the Hyderabad
Reign8 July 1762 – 10 August 1763
PredecessorBasalat Jung
SuccessorMusa Khan Nawab Rukn ud-Daula
Died10 August 1763
Rakshasbhuvan (present day in Beed district, Maharashtra)
FatherSundar Narayan Parshurami

Vitthal Sundar Parshurami, also Vithal Sundar (died 10 August 1763), was a diplomat and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad (or Diwan) during the reign of Nizam Ali Khan (Asaf Jah II). When Khan was appointed Subedar of the Deccan on 8 July 1762, he immediately appointed Sunder his Diwan and conferred upon him the title Raja Pratapwant. [1] Sunder belonged to the Hindu Deshastha Brahmin sub-caste of Maharashtra. [2] [3] [4] [5] Sundar was the Nizam's commander-in-chief during the Battle of Rakshasbhuvan against the Maratha Confederacy on 10 August 1763, and was killed in the battle. [6]

References

  1. ↑ K. Chandraiah (1998). Hyderabad, 400 Glorious Years. K. Chandraiah Memorial Trust. p. 73.
  2. ↑ Govind Sakharam Sardesai (rao bahadur) (1948). New History of the Marathas: The Expansion of the Maratha Power, 1707-1772. Phoenix Publications. p. 468.
  3. ↑ Tony Jaques (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 838.
  4. ↑ G. T. Kulkarni; M. R. Kantak (1980). Battle of Kharda: Challenges and Responses. Deccan College, Post-Graduate & Research Institute. p. 43.
  5. ↑ Journal of the University of Bombay, Volume 27. University of Bombay. 1958. p. 12.
  6. ↑ Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (1977). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Maratha Supremacy. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 829.


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