Rao Ruda(prakit for ''Rudra'') Singh was an
Ahir
Ahir or Aheer (derived from the Sanskrit word: abhira) is a community of traditionally non-elite pastoralists in India, most of whom now use the Yadav surname, as they consider the two terms synonymous. The Ahirs are variously described as a ...
King and a scion of the family of Raos which have ruled over Rajasthan since the eighth century A.D. who cleared the jungle in
Ahirwal
Ahirwal is a region spanning parts of southern Haryana, north-eastern Rajasthan, and South-Western Delhi The region was once a small principality based from the town of Rewari and controlled by members of the Ahir community from around the time ...
in 1555 and founded new villages.
[Man Singh, Abhirkuladipika Urdu (1900) Delhi, p. 105, 106]
See also
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Rao Tula Ram
Rao Tularam Singh (''circa'' 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a King or chieftain of Rewari. He was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.
Personal life
He was born on 9 ...
References
History of Haryana
Indian nobility
16th-century Indian people
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