Context: PM to lay the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and development work of Chittaura Lake in Uttar Pradesh.
About Maharaja Suheldev

• Maharaja Suheldev, also spelt Suhaldev, was a ruler of Shravasti (Uttar Pradesh).
• He is mentioned in the 17th-century Persian-language historical romance Mirat-i-Masudi.
• Mirat-i-Masudi was written by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
• In this chronicle, Suheldev was the son of King Mordhwaj of Shravasti.
• Suheldev is popularly known to have defeated and killed the Ghaznavid general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud (a nephew of Mahmud of Ghazni) at Bahraich in 1034 CE.
• Suheldev is alternatively known as Sakardev, Suhirdadhwaj, Sahardev, etc.
• The Maharaja Suheldev Memorial is being built in Bahraich, UP.