Before you start visiting this place, it is very important to get a brief overview about Udaipur. Udaipur is historically famous as the capital of Mewar which was ruled by the Ranawats of Sisodia clan. Rana Udai Singh was the founder of Udaipur and he is still immortal with the name of this city. The legend which is associated with the establishment of Udaipur is that Maharana Udai Singh came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range. The hermit, withy his sincere blessings asked the king to build a palace on the spot and it would be well protected. Maharana followed the instructions of the hermit accordingly.
In 1568 the Mughal emperor Akbar invaded Chittor, and Udai Singh moved the capital to the site of his residence, which became the city of Udaipur. As the Mughal Empire went on weakening, the Sisodia ranas and their followers reasserted their independence and recaptured a major portion of Mewar except the fort of Chittor. Udaipur remained the capital of the state, which became a opulent state of British India in 1818. After India's Independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Udaipur assented to the Government of India, and Mewar was integrated into the State of Rajastan in India.
Udaipur is famous among the tourists because of the instances of its cultural and religious integrity. It has a wide range of places of interests which you cannot miss from visiting. Here we are providing you the names of those places in Udaipur:
- Udaipur City Palace
- Jag Mandir
- City Palace and Museum, known as the Pratap Museum
- Maharana Pratap Memorial
- Sajjangarh Fort
- Sukhadia Circle
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