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{{short description|King of Khoh (died 1037)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| regnal name = Dulha Rae
| name = Dulha Rai
| title =
| image =
| caption =
| succession = {{flagicon image|Flag of Jaipur.svg}} 1st [[Kachhwaha]] Ruler of [[Khoh]]
| reign =
| predecessor = Alan Singh Chanda (Chanda dynasty of Meenas)
| successor = Kakil Deo
| birth_name = Dūlaha Rāya
| birth_date = 1006
| birth_place = [[Gwalior]]
| death_date = 1037
| death_place = [[Khoh]]
| spouse =
| dynasty = [[Kachhwaha]]
| father = Sorha Deva
| mother =
}}

'''Dulha Rai''' was a king from the [[Kachhwaha]] dynasty who ruled the territory of [[Dhundhar]], with his capital at [[Khoh]] in present-day [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Rima Hooja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|title=A history of Rajasthan|year=2006|pages=393, 395|publisher=Rupa & Co.|isbn=9788129108906|language=en|oclc=80362053|access-date=2023-04-07|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404134542/https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|author-link=Arnold Wright, J. W. Bond|date=2006|title='''Indian States''' A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&q=Khoh|location=|publisher=[[Asian Educational Services]]|pages=173, 175|isbn=978-81-206-1965-4|access-date=2023-04-07|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203082133/https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&q=Khoh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |pages=22, 23, 24 |year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412111151/https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==
The [[Kachwaha]] Rajputs claim descent from [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusha]], son of the legendary [[Rama]]. Their ancestors allegedly migrated from Rama's kingdom of [[Kosala]] and established a new dynasty at [[Gwalior]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Prasad |first=Rajiva Nain |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35121 |title=Raja Man Singh of Amber |year=1966 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35121/page/n17 1]}}</ref>{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|pp=388}} After 31 generations, they moved to [[Rajputana]] and took away the kingdom of [[Dhundhar]] from Alan Singh Chanda.

Some historians associate ''Dulha Rao'', the founder of the Jaipur Kachhwaha lineage, with the [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty]] that ruled over a part of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in 10th century. It is possible that Dulha Rao descended from the Narwar branch of this dynasty.{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|pp=389}} VS Bhargava associates Dulha with the successor of the last ruler of the Nawar branch, ''Tejaskaran''.

According to [[Jadunath Sarkar]], Dulha's grandfather Ishwar Singh, the ruler of Narwar, renounced his throne and divided his estate among his younger brother and his nephew and travelled North of [[Chambal River|Chambal]] to live a life of religious recluse. After his death, his son Sodo crowned himself king again but soon died and was succeeded by his son Dulha who built support for his cause and soon received the fort of [[Dausa]] in dowry from the Chauhans of Lalsot.{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|pp=392}} M. L. Sharma suggests that Dulha was placed in Dausa particularly to help fight the [[Bargujar]] chief who partly controlled the city.{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|pp=393}} Dulharai defeated Alan Singh Chanda, the ruler of the Chanda dynasty and captured Dhudhand.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Rulers, Criminals and Denotified Tribe: A Historical Journey of the Meenas |doi=10.1007/978-981-16-3424-6_17 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-3424-6_17 |title=Tribe-British Relations in India |year=2021 |last1=Meena |first1=Madan |pages=275–290 |isbn=978-981-16-3423-9 |s2cid=240554356 |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208143637/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-3424-6_17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Dulha Rao soon defeated the [[Meenas]] of [[Khoh]] and Manchi and later completed the conquest of Dhundhar by defeating the [[Bargurjar]] after which he was granted the captured land by the Chauhans.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503–1938 |publisher=Orient Longman Limited |pages=23 |year=1994 |orig-year=1984 |isbn=81-250-0333-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-date=2023-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412111151/https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA23 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|loc="Following the matrimonial alliance, the Chauhans encouraged the young Kachchwaha to subdue the Badgujars...Ralhan-Si handed over the newly acquired portion of Dausa and its surrounding territory to Dulha Rai, thereby helping to establish Kachchwaha dominion in that area 111 . Dausa now became the capital of Dulha Rai Kachchwaha"}} Dulha chose Khoh as his capital after Dausa.{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|p=395}}

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Ajay Kumar at 05:13, 4 July 2023