Raja Pratapwant Bahadur | |
Succession: | Prime Minister of the Hyderabad |
Vitthal Sundar Parshurami | |
Predecessor: | Basalat Jung |
Successor: | Musa Khan Nawab Rukn ud-Daula |
Death Date: | 10 August 1763 |
Father: | Sundar Narayan Parshurami |
Reign: | 8 July 1762 – 10 August 1763 |
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 Deshastha Brahmin community of Maharashtra.[2] [3] [4] [5] Sundar was Nizam's commander-in-chief during the Battle of Rakshasbhuvan on 10 August 1763, and was killed in the battle.[6]