Hadi, Rani, daughter of Hada Rao Chatrasal of Bundi, a wife of Maharana Jai Singh, mother of Crown Prince Amar Singh.

Hadi, Rani, the wife of the Choondawat Sardar (chieftain) who lived in the village of Salumbar, east of Udaipur, and is the subject of a rather startling legend of love. When Maharana RAJ SINGH I (1653-1680) commanded her husband to join the battle against Aurangzeb, the Sardar was in a dilemma: he had married a few days earlier, and his love for his wife made him hesitate about going into battle. However, the situation was grave and, Rajput honour being what it is, he had to join the fight. He asked his wife for some memento to take with him to the battlefield. Worried that she was an obstacle to his leaving home and doing his duty for Mewar, she ordered that her head be severed and presented to her husband. The Sardar, shattered but nevertheless proud, carried the fearful memento into battle, tied around his neck by its hair. With nothing to live for, he fought bravely until he was killed.

Haji Khan, a marauding Pathan who was the 'victim' in an odd turnabout incident that stretched across the Mewar border from neighbouring Marwar, and was an example of the high price to be paid for a beautiful woman. When Rao Maldeo of Jodhpur attacked the marauder, Haji Khan Pathan, the latter asked Mewar's Maharana Udai Singh II for help. Among those in the force the Maharana sent to Haji Khan were Durga of Rampura, Rao Surjan and Rao Jaimal of Merta. They met up with Haji Khan at Ajmer (Harmara) north of Jodhpur. It seemed to be a straightforward affair, until Udai Singh, in return for this favour, requested a special gift from Haji Khan, a prostitute undoubtedly of the Pathan's close acquaintance, called Rang Rai, whose beauty was widely praised at all levels of Rajputana society. For the sake of dignity, Mewar's nobles advised Udai not to pursue the licentious requisition, but the advice went unheeded. Not wanting to lose his prize beauty, and knowing that his enemy, Maldeo held an old grudge against Udai Singh, Haji Khan turned to the Jodhpur ruler for assistance. The ploy worked, as Maldeo agreed to help Haji Khan. The resultant battle took place at Harmara and Udai's force was defeated (January 24, 1557), several of Mewar's premier generals (Balisa Suja, Dodia Bhim Singh, Choondawat Chiter, and Rao Tej Singh) losing their lives in the fray.

Hakim Khan Sur, a PATHAN who came to Mewar from his home in Hyderabad in the Deccan. He became a general in the army of Maharana PRATAP SINGH I (1572-1597) and fought to uphold the freedom and beliefs of his adoptive home in the epic 1576 Battle of HALDIGHATI against the invading Mughal army of Emperor AKBAR. This is the first recorded instance in the annals of Mewar in which the responsibility of leading the Mewar army was not entirely trusted to members of the SAKTAWATS or CHOONDAWATS, branches of the Mewar royal family. This was the direct consequence of Hakim Khan Sur's declared undertaking that no one would be able to part him from his sword in battle. Despite his being a Muslim fighting against his blood brothers, he was the first to lay down his life in battle, thereby fulfilling his commitment to uphold the freedom and honour of Mewar. Even in death no one could part him from his sword and therefore he was buried with full honours, sword in hand. See also the following entry.

Hakim Khan Sur Award, one of the annual National awards in Udaipur (see MAHARANA MEWAR FOUNDATION AWARDS). The sacrifice by HAKIM KHAN SUR at the Battle of Haldighati is symbolic of the supremacy over religious and communal considerations, a unique example of his belief in the principles and pledge of unquestionable loyalty and devotion to MANAV DHARMA (the Religion of Man).