| Maldeo Rathore | |
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| Rao of Marwar | |
 Painting of Rao Maldeo Rathore | |
| Rao of Marwar | |
| Tenure | 9 May 1532 – 7 November 1562 |
| Predecessor | Rao Ganga |
| Successor | Rao Chandrasen Rathore |
| Born | 5 December 1511[1] Jodhpur, Marwar |
| Died | 7 November 1562 (aged 50) Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Marwar |
| Consort | Rani Jhali Swarupdeji |
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| Dynasty | Rathore |
| Father | Rao Ganga |
| Mother | Padma Kumari Deora Chauhan |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Rao Maldeo Rathore (5 December 1511 – 7 November 1562) was a king of the Rathore dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of Marwar in present day state of Rajasthan. Maldeo ascended the throne in 1531 CE, inheriting a small ancestral principality of Rathore's but after a long period of military actions against his neighbours, Maldeo swept significant territories which included parts of present day Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Sindh. He refused to ally with either the Sur Empire or the Mughal Empire.
Maldeo's credential as a ruler were praised by several Persian chronicles of the time like Tabaaq-i-Akbari and Tarik-i-Ferishta composed by Nizammuddin and Ferishta who both acknowledged him as the most powerful monarch in Hindustan.
- ^ Studies, University of Rajasthan Centre for Rajasthan (1999). History and culture of Rajasthan: from earliest times up to 1956 A.D. Centre for Rajasthan Studies, University of Rajasthan. p. 162.