Vitthal Sundar


Vitthal Sundar Parshurami, also Vithal Sundar, was a diplomat and the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during the reign of Nizam Ali Khan. 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. Sunder belonged to the Hindu Deshastha Brahmin sub-caste of Maharashtra. Sundar was the Nizam's commander-in-chief during the Battle of Rakshasbhuvan against the Maratha Confederacy on 10 August 1763, and was killed in the battle.