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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| title = [[Raja|Rao]] of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]]<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Rao Chunda Rathore<br />
| succession = Ruler of [[Marwar]]<br />
| reign = 1384 – 1428<br />
| predecessor = Rao Viram Dev<br />
| successor = Rao Kanha<br />
| death_date = 1428<br />
| father = Viramdev<br />
| mother = <br />
| spouse = Pratihar rajput Princess<br />
| issue = Kanha<br> [[Ranmal]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rao Chunda Rathore''' was the 12th ruler of [[Marwar]]. His reign saw the consolidation of Rathore rule in Marwar, through his diplomatic and military prowess.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chunda's father Viramdev died in a battle against the [[Johiya]]s, resulting in the annexation of his inheritance. Chunda was given refuge by a [[Charan]] named [[Alhaji Barhath]] who raised him at his home in Kalau village. As Chunda grew older, Alhaji equipped him with a horse and weapons and presented him to his uncle [[Rawal Mallinath]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chandra|first=Yashaswini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VawSEAAAQBAJ|title=The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback|date=2021-01-22|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-93-89109-92-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Sabita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bSmDwAAQBAJ|title=The Politics of Marriage in India: Gender and Alliance in Rajasthan|date=2019-05-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-909828-6|language=en}}</ref> His uncle granted him a small outpost of Salavari which was given to him for his maintenance. Chunda was a skilled warrior and leader and he soon started expanding his holdings.<ref name=CD>{{Cite book|first=Rima|last=Hooja|title=A History of Rajasthan|publisher=Rupa and co.|year=2006|pages=379–380|isbn=9788129115010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqd1RAAACAAJ&q=rajasthan%20rima%20hooja}}</ref><br />
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==Diplomacy with the Pratihars and Turks==<br />
In 1395 the [[Pratihar]]s of [[Mandore]] approached Chunda and proposed an alliance against the [[Tughlaq Empire]]. Chunda agreed and was married to a Pratihar princess, he was further given the fortified city of Mandore and a thousand villages in dowry.<ref name=CD/><ref name=DQ>{{Cite book|first=Melia|last=Belli|title=Royal Umbrellas of Stone: Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput funerary arts|publisher=Brill|year=2005|pages=142|isbn=9789004300569|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dR0CgAAQBAJ&dq=rao+chunda+of+mandore&pg=PA142}}</ref> This incident was recorded in an old Rajasthani([[Dingal]]) couplet:<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ujwal |first=Kailash Dan S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkkqAAAAYAAJ |title=Bhagwati Shri Karniji Maharaj: A Biography |date=1985 |publisher=<nowiki>[s.n.]]</nowiki> |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>''"ईदौं रो उपकार, कमधज कदे न बीसरे,''<br />
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''चूँडै चंवरी चाड़, दी मंडोवर दायजै।"'' </blockquote>which translates as:<blockquote>"The [[Rathore]] shall always remember the obligation of the [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty|Indas]] who gave a daughter in marriage and ''[[Mandore|Mandowar]]'' in [[Dowry system in India|dowry]] to Rao Chunda."</blockquote><br />
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The Tughlaq Empire soon reacted by sending an army under Zafar Khan, the governor of [[Gujarat]]. Chunda was able to successfully defend Mandore against this army, [[Timur]]'s invasion further forced Zafar to start negotiations with Chunda. Chunda had agreed to pay tribute to the Tughlaqs after this battle, but he later reneged and invaded Tughlaq territory, capturing Sambhar, Didwana, Khatu and Ajmer. He also attacked his brother Jai Singh and captured Phalodi.<ref name="CD" /><ref name="JP">{{Cite book|first=Satish|last=Chandra|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526)|publisher=Har Anand|year=2006|pages=222–223|isbn=9788124110645|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC}}</ref><br />
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Chunda captured and occupied [[Nagaur]] in 1408 AD and decided to stay there leaving Mandore under the charge of one of his sons.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Chunda's aggressive expansion intimidated the surrounding chieftains, who made an alliance against him. This alliance included the Rao of [[Pugal]], Sankhlas of [[Jangladesh|Janglu]] and Khidar Khan of [[Multan]]. They attacked Chunda and surrounded him at [[Nagaur]], Chunda did not anticipate the attack and was not able to make preparations to give battle. Finding no way out of the situation, he charged his enemies and was killed in action. [[Ranmal]] was Chunda's eldest son however Chunda declared his younger son Kanha as his heir. Ranmal therefore left Marwar and went to the neighbouring kingdom of Mewar.<ref name=CD/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Monarchs of Marwar]]<br />
[[Category:Rajput monarchs]]<br />
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:1384 births]]<br />
[[Category:1428 deaths]]</div>Ajay Kumar