Udaipur Tourism, Rajasthan India
(Udaipur is also known as City of Lakes)
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Udaipur Fast Facts
- State: Rajasthan
- District: Udaipur
- Famous for/as: Heritage
- Population: 571,178
- Area: 37 sq. km
- Altitude: 600 m
- Language: Hindi, English, Rajasthani
- Best Season: Sept - Mar
- Weather: Summer 23 to 45°C, Winter 3 to 28°C
- Clothing: Light cotton clothes and open toed sandals if you are visiting in summer. In winter, which is the best time of the year, carry warm clothes as it can get pretty cold especially at night. A pair of good walking shoes will come in handy if you want to explo
- Local Transport:
- Pincode: 3130xx
- STDCode: 0294
Udaipur Info
Police Control Room : 100 Additional S.P.(City) : 411719, 583686 DIG (Udaipur Range) : 410816, 523209 Maharana Bhopal General Hospital : 2528811-19 J.K. Hospital & Research Centre : 2418544 Udaipur Hospital Pvt. Ltd : 2420322 Tourist Reception Center : 0294-2411535,1364 Fateh Memorial Surajpol
Udaipur, India Overview
Udaipur is often called ‘Venice of the East’. It is also the ‘city of lakes’. The Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) located in the middle of Pichola Lake is the finest example of architectural and cultural marvel. The grand City Palace on the banks of the lake along with the Monsoon Palace (Sajjan Garh) on the hill above enhances the beauty of this magnificent city. Udaipur is also the centre for performing arts, crafts and its famed miniature paintings. The Shilpgram festival is a great crowd-puller on new year.
Maharana Udai Singh founded Udaipur in 1559 AD.According to alegend Udai Singh was guided by a holy man meditating on the hill near Pichola Lake to establish his capital on that very spot. Surrounded by Aravali Ranges, forests and lakes this place was less vulnerable to external invasion than Chittaurgarh. Maharana Udai Singh died in 1572 and was succeeded by Maharana Pratap who valiantly defended Udaipur fromMughal attacks.
Maharana Pratap is the most revered Rajput iconwho gallantly fought the Mughals at the battle ofHaldighati in 1576. Mewar continuously defied foreign invaders and has a history of bloody battles until the British intervention in the nineteenth century when a treaty was signed to protect Udaipur. Upon independence, Udaipur merged with the union of India.
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Udaipur, India History
Udaipur was founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II as the final capital of the erstwhile Mewar kingdom, located to the southwest of Nagda, on the Banas River, the first capital of the Mewar kingdom. Legend has it that Maharana Udai Singh II came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range. The hermit blessed the king and asked him to build a palace on the spot, assuring him it would be well protected. Udai Singh II consequently established a residence on the site. In 1568, the Mughal emperor Akbar captured the fort of Chittor, and Udai Singh moved the capital to the site of his residence, which became the city of Udaipur.
As the Mughal empire weakened, the Sisodia ranas, and later maharanas (also called the Guhilots or Suryavansh), who had always tried to oppose Mughal dominance, reasserted their independence and recaptured most of Mewar except for Chittor. Udaipur remained the capital of the state, which became a princely state of British India in 1818. Being a mountainous region and unsuitable for heavily armoured Mughal horses, Udaipur remained safe from Mughal influence in spite of much pressure. The rajvansh of Udaipur was one of the oldest dynasty of the world. Even the Nepal kingdom and Jammu kingdom are believed to have been originated from Mewar.