Vitthal Sundar Parshurami, also Vithal Sundar (died 10 August 1763), was a diplomat and the

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(or ''Diwan'') during the reign of

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(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''. Sunder belonged to the Hindu

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sub-caste of

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. Sundar was the Nizam's commander-in-chief during the

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against the

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on 10 August 1763, and was killed in the battle.

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