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Rao Deva
Rao Deva was a chief of the Hada branch of the Chauhan Rajputs who founded the state of Bundi in Rajasthan. In 1342 he took the area from local Meena chiefs and made Bundi his capital. The surrounding country became known as Hadoti, the land of the Hadas, and his descendants ruled Bundi and later Kotah until Indian independence.
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