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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Suraj Sen''' (later known as '''Suraj Pal''') was a legendary petty [[Kushwaha]] noble who founded the fortress and city of [[Gwalior]]. Legendary accounts differ as to the claimed timeframe, from 375 AD to 700 AD.<br />
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Per legend, Suraj was a leper who was healed by the hermit-saint [[Gwalipa]] after bringing water from a stream to the hermit. The saint blessed Suraj, commanding him to take the last name ''Pal'', to build up the banks of the stream (creating the still-extant [[Suraj Kund]] lake), and to found a fortress. Suraj named the fortress ''Gwalior'' in honor of the hermit.<br />
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==Source==<br />
*Balwant Row Bhayasaheb. ''History of the Fortress of Gwalior''. Education Society's Steam Press, Byculla, 1892. Pg 3-6.[http://books.google.com/books?id=LFt6456tTS4C&printsec=titlepage]<br />
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[[Category:People from Gwalior]]<br />
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