History Of Udaipur
Udaipru use to be the capital of the rajput kingdom of mewar,this
was ruled by the ranawats of the sisodia clan.udaipur was founded by
rana udai singh.the ancient capital of mewar was chittor(chittorgarh)
located on the banas river i.e northeast of udaipur.people say that
maharana udai singh came upon a hermit while hunting in the
foothills of aravalli range.the king was blessed by thehermit and
asked him to build a palace on the spot and it would be well
protected.udai singh established a residence over here.in 1568 the
mughal emperor akbar captured chittor,and udai singh shifted the
capital to the site of his residence,which became the city of
udaipur.as the mughal empire weakend,the sisodia ranas and later
maharanas reasserted their independence and recaptured most part of
mewar expect the govt. of chittor.udaopur remained the capital of
the state and later on became a princely state of british India in
1818.in 1947 after independence,the maharaja of udaipur accededto
the govt.of India,and mewar was integrated into indias rajasthan
state.
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