Rao Sahab

Rao Sahab is a term used to refer to the Yadav caste of Indian state of Haryana.
History.
In the early 8th century, The Yadava king, Charu Rao, moved from Mathura to the area of Ahirwal. He created the Ahiral state with Rewari as the capital. Many people from the caste in this area founded Jagirs. Rewari was one of them. People and other Kings called these Jagirdars Rao Sahab.
Rao Rulers.
Balarama.
Balarama (Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: "Balarāma") is a Hindu god and the elder brother of Krishna. The Rewari empire was founded by Balrama and is named on Rewati, the daughter of king Rewat of Mahabharata time. King Rewat married his daughter to Balram and gave his kingdom to Balram. The King used to call his daughter Rewa and after marrying her daughter to Balram, it was named as "Rewa-wadi", with the time the name became Rewari.
Rao Ruda Singh.
Rao Ruda Singh, an Ahir ruler of Tijara, acquired his ancestoral jagir of Ahirwal . Ruda Singh made Bolni village, south of Haryana his headquarters, 12 km to the east. He cleared the forests and established new villages.
Rao Ram Singh.
After Rao Ruda Singh, his son Rao Ram Singh (Ramoji) took over the throne of Rewari. Ram Singh built a fort at Bolni and deployed soldiers on it for security. He was a fearless warrior so after a long struggle he was able to neutralize the criminals.
Rao Shahbaz Singh.
Rao Ram Singh was followed by his son and successor, Shahbaz Singh, who was a contemporary of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.
Rao Nandram Singh and Rao Man Singh.
Shahbaz Singh was succeeded by his eldest son, Rao Nandram. Rao Nand Ram 
expanded the estate to nearby districts. He shifted his headquarters from Bolni to Rewari. The water collector named Nand Sagar in Rewari is still a testimony of his memory.
Rao Mitrasen Ahir.
Rao Mitrasen was the son of Rao Tulsiram and Chandravanshi Ahir ruler who ruled Ahirwal. Rao Raja Mitrasen fought with Muslim invaders, British, Kachwaha of Jaipur and Shekhawat Rajput etc. To take revenge on Rewari, in the early months of 1781, the Rajput rulers of Jaipur attacked Rewari but they were defeated by Rao Mitrasen and suffered heavy losses from a strategic point of view.
In 1785, a Maratha expedition to Rewari was repelled by Rao of Rewari. Shortly afterwards he died. The Marathas tried to invade again, but again suffered heavy loss by Rao Raja Ram Singh of Rewari.
Rao Bal Kishan.
Rao Bal Kishan was born to Rao Nand Ram Singh of the royal Yaduvanshi Ahir family of Rewari . It is said that he killed a lion without wearing armor. This earned him the title of "Sher Bacha Shamsher Bahadur". He was married to the daughter of a Ahir Sardar Ramchandra of Takana Nasibpur.
In 1739, the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah attacked India. Rao Bal Kishan, with his army and with the forces of Delhi, fought Nadir Shah. His army included 5000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. In February 1739, Nader Shah captured Sirhind and moved towards the field of Karnal, a battle destined to be fateful to the Mughal rulers. On 13 February, the battle of Karnal was fought. Emperor Muhammad Shah had over a hundred thousand force against Nader Shah's 55,000 men but was still decisively defeated because royal force left the Battlefield at Karnal. Only Rao Balkishan Singh fought to Nadir shah, he was killed in the battle but immortalized the name "Vijay or Veergati". The Battle was ambitious as Nadir Shah itself remarked to Mughal Emperor that if your combined forces helped Rao Balkrishna of Rewari, than I might not able to enter in Delhi. I had never seen any warrior like him brave , Fierce and strong. After this to a royal chhatri kiosk was made by Mughal Emperor to remark tribute to Rao Balkrishna. Even today the Chhatri is present in Karnal.
Rao Gujarmal Singh.
Baloch Raja of Farrukhnagar and Bahadur Singh of Ghasera, a descendant of Hathi Singh, were both fierce enemies of Rao Gujarmal. Bahadur Singh was ruling independent from the Jat king Surajmal of Bharatpur. Then Rao Gujarmal along with Surajmal gave a befitting reply to him. Gujarmal also had friendly relations with Todarmal of Neemrana, father-in-law of Bahadur Singh. In 1750, Todarmal invited Rao Gujarmal at the behest of Bahadur Singh and killed him by deceit.
Rao Bhavani Singh.
Rao Gujarmal's son Bhavani Singh became the king after him. Bhavani Singh proved to be lazy. Many parts of his kingdom were captured by the Baloch Nawab of Farrukhnagar, the Nawab of Jhajjar and the Raja of Jaipur and only 22 villages remained with Bhavani Singh. A chieftain of his own kingdom killed him in 1758.
Rao Tej Singh.
The next Raja Hira Singh was also rejected and the control of Raj Kaj was taken over by a local businessman Jauki Ram. Najaf Quli Khan, a rebel Sardar of Delhi had captured the Gokulgarh Fort. Shah Alam II, the Emperor of Delhi, along with Begum Samru, decided to punish her. On 12 March 1788, Shah Alam camped in Bhadawas and attacked Najaf Quli during the night, in which Najaf Quli was badly damaged. The effect of Begum Samru's artillery forced Quli Khan to compromise.
Rao Tula Ram.
 
Raja Rao Tularam Singh (9 December 1825 – 1863), was an Ahir ruler, He was the chief hero of the independence revolution of 1857 in Haryana.[16] Temporary British rule took root in the southwest of the present day. The credit for overthrowing Haryana and helping the revolutionaries of Delhi with body, mind and money is given to Tularam only. After the revolution of 1857, he left India and sought the help of the rulers of Afghanistan, Iran and the Tsars of Russia for the war of independence of India. But his plan failed due to his death on 23 September 1863 at the age of 38.
Rao Gopaldev Singh.
 
Rao Gopaldev Singh was a 19th-century revolutionary in Rewari, who, along with his cousin Rao Tularam Singh, took on the British in the Revolution of 1857.
Rao Kishan Gopal.
Rao Kishan Gopal was the commander of his army of revolting army of meerut. He was also an officer in the British East India Company. He was the one who killed General Timley in the war.
Pran Sukh Yadav.
Pran Sukh Yadav (1802–1888) was a military commander of his time He was a participant revolutionary in the Revolution of 1857. He was a close friend of Hari Singh Nalwa and the famous Punjab ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. In his earlier times, he fought on the side of the Sikh Khalsa army. After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he participated in the first and second British-Sikh conflicts.