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'''Chundawats''' are a [[Rajput]] clan and were powerful chiefs in the [[Mewar]] region during the 1700s.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Drudges, Dancing Girls, Concubines: Female Slaves in Rajput Polity, 1500-1850 |page=148 |first=Ramya |last=Sreenivasan|authorlink=Ramya Sreenivasan |title=Slavery and South Asian History |editor1-first=Indrani |editor1-last=Chatterjee |editor2-first=Richard M. |editor2-last=Eaton |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-25311-671-0 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nsh8NHDQHlcC&pg=PA148}}</ref> They are the descendants of the 15th century [[Udaipur State|Mewari]] prince [[Chunda Sisodia]], the eldest son of Rana Lakha. Having surrendered his right to the throne to his younger brother [[Mokal Singh]], Chunda gained for his descendants the right to advise the reigning Rana on matters of State as well as an exalted position on the royal council.<ref name="BakshiS.G2005">{{cite book|last1=Bakshi|first1=S.R.|last2=Gajrani|first2=S.|last3=Singh|first3=Hari|title=Early Aryans to Swaraj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ldo1QtQigosC&pg=PA444|volume=3|year=2005|publisher=Sarup & Sons|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7625-537-0|page=444}}</ref>

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[[Category:Rajput clans of Rajasthan]]

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>Alivardi at 20:24, 6 January 2021