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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Rao of Marwar from 1489 to 1492}}<br />
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{{Infobox monarch<br />
| name = Rao Satal<br />
| title = Rao of Marwar<br />
| image = Portrait of Rao Satal of Marwar.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| succession = Ruler of Marwar<br />
| reign = 6 April 1489 – 13 March 1492<br />
| coronation = <br />
| full name = <br />
| predecessor = [[Jodha of Mandore|Rao Jodha]]<br />
| successor = [[Suja Rathore of Marwar|Rao Suja]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Rathore dynasty|Rathore]]<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = 13 March 1492<br />
| death_place = Pipar, [[Marwar]], [[Rajputana]]<br />
| father = [[Jodha of Mandore|Rao Jodha]]<br />
| mother = Hadiji Jasma Deiji d.of Jaitmal of [[Bundi]]<br />
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|Bhatiyaniji Phool Deiji of [[Pugal]]|Bhatiyaniji Kalyan Deiji of [[Jaisalmer]]|Bhatiyaniji Harka Deiji of Bikampur}}<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]|<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rao Satal''' (died 13 March 1492) was a late 15th-century [[Rathore (Rajput clan)|Rathore]] [[Rajput]] ruler of the [[Jodhpur State|Kingdom of Marwar]]. He was the second son of [[Jodha of Mandore|Rao Jodha]] and elder brother of [[Rao Bika]] of [[Bikaner]] who while their father was alive laid the foundation of a separate territory for his descendants. Rao Satal is considered as one of the greatest martyrs of his race, as he's remembered for having sacrificed his own life to keep the honour of his subjects.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mahendra Pratap|last=Singh|url=http://therathore.com/udeka/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=45|title=Marwar: Land of Death|website=The Rathore|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082942/http://therathore.com/udeka/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=45|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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On hearing that Afghan soldiers had abducted 140 girls from a village near [[Merta City|Merta]], he set out with an army to rescue the girls. Satal led his men to rescue the girls despite a Rajput tradition of not engaging in battle after sunset. The Afghan warlord Gudhla Khan had Herculean strength and the armour he wore was so heavy that no weapon could pierce it, Rao Satal was fatally wounded while fighting Gudhla but he was able to kill him by severing his head through an opening in his armour. Rao Satal saved the girls and personally escorted them to their village, but he succumbed to his wounds and died that night. The head of Gudhla was then taken by one of the girls and it was paraded around the town to show that Gudhla had been slain by the brave Rathore chieftain and that their honour remained untarnished.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vyas|first=Vijay S.|title=Rajasthan, the Quest for Sustainable Development|publisher=Academic Foundation|year=2007|place=New Delhi|page=355}}</ref><br />
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In commemoration of this event, a festival is held in [[Marwar]] in March.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/news/c-20-881423-jd0317-NOR.html मारवाड़ में घुड़ला घूमा कर महिलाएं आज भी मनाती है अपनी आजादी का जश्न] Hindi News</ref> At sunset, on the appointed day, young married girls make their way to the local potter’s home to get an earthen pot, which is riddled with holes. The girls place an oil lamp in the earthen pot and the procession wends its way through the streets with the pot held high midst a chanting of folk song Gudhla ghoomelaji. The lamp is paraded in a similar manner as to how Gudhlas's head was paraded by the maidens after they were saved and reached their village. After sunset, the pot is taken to the nearest lake and gently cast away.<br />
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The riddled pot symbolises the head of Gudhla Khan and the festival acknowledges the long-dead king who lost his life in the protection of his subjects.<ref>Rajasthan: A Mosaic of Culture</ref> <br />
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Rao Satal is said to have founded Satalmer a village between south western and north western borders of Marwar and Jangaldesh and one of his queen Bhatiyaniji Phulam Deiji or Phool Kanwar, commissioned Phulelao Talab in 1490.<ref>Reu, Vishveshwarnath, Marwar Ka Itihas, Part 1, p104</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=The Mertiyo Rathors of Merto, Rajasthan |volume=II |page=20}}</ref> On hearing the sad news of Rao Satal's death at Pipar village all of his queens committed ''sati.'' <ref name=":0" /><br />
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