Maharana Udai Singh राणा उदय सिहं |
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Maharana | |
![]() Rana Udai Singh II
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Rana of Mewar | |
Reign | 1540 – 28 February 1572 |
Coronation | 1540, Kumbalgarh |
Predecessor | Vanvir |
Successor | Pratap Singh I |
Born |
Chittor Fort, Rajasthan, India |
4 August 1522
Died | 28 February 1572 Gogunda, Rajasthan, India |
(aged 49)
Consort | Jaivanta Bai |
Spouse |
18 or 20 queens including: Maharani Jaivanta Bai Sonigara (Chauhan)Rani Sajjabai Solankini Rani Dheer Bai Bhattiyani Rani Jaivantabai Madrechi Rani Lalabai Veerbai Jhali Lakhabai Jhali |
Issue | 17 or 24 sons, including: Pratap Singh Shakti Singh Vikramdev Singh Jagmal Singh Sagar Singh Rai Singh Shardul Singh |
Dynasty | Sisodia |
Father | Rana Sanga |
Mother | Maharani Karnavati Hada (Chauhan) |
Religion | Hinduism |
Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar II (1326–1884) |
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Hammir Singh | (1326–1364) |
Kshetra Singh | (1364–1382) |
Lakha Singh | (1382–1421) |
Mokal Singh | (1421–1433) |
Rana Kumbha | (1433–1468) |
Udai Singh I | (1468–1473) |
Rana Raimal | (1473–1508) |
Rana Sanga | (1508–1527) |
Ratan Singh II | (1528–1531) |
Vikramaditya Singh | (1531–1536) |
Vanvir Singh | (1536–1540) |
Udai Singh II | (1540–1572) |
Pratap Singh I | (1572–1597) |
Amar Singh I | (1597–1620) |
Karan Singh II | (1620–1628) |
Jagat Singh I | (1628–1652) |
Raj Singh I | (1652–1680) |
Jai Singh | (1680–1698) |
Amar Singh II | (1698–1710) |
Sangram Singh II | (1710–1734) |
Jagat Singh II | (1734–1751) |
Pratap Singh II | (1751–1754) |
Raj Singh II | (1754–1762) |
Ari Singh II | (1762–1772) |
Hamir Singh II | (1772–1778) |
Bhim Singh | (1778–1828) |
Jawan Singh | (1828–1838) |
Sardar Singh | (1828–1842) |
Swarup Singh | (1842–1861) |
Shambhu Singh | (1861–1874) |
Sajjan Singh | (1874–1884) |
Fateh Singh | (1884–1930) |
Bhupal Singh | (1930—1955) |
18 or 20 queens including:
Udai Singh II (4 August 1522 – 28 February 1572) was the Maharana of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur in the present day Rajasthan state of India. He was the 53rd ruler of the Mewar dynasty. He was the fourth son of Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga) and Rani Karnavati, a princess of Bundi.
Udai Singh was born in Chittor. In August 1522, after the death of his father, Rana Sanga,Ratan Singh II was corronated as the new king. Ratan Singh II was assassinated in 1531. He was succeeded by his brother Maharana Vikramaditya Singh. During the reign of Vikramaditya, when the Turkic Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah sacked Chittor in 1534, Udai Singh was sent to Bundi for safety. In 1537, Banbir killed Vikramaditya and usurped the throne. He tried to kill Udai Singh also, but Udai's nurse Panna Dai sacrificed her own son Chandan to save him from his uncle Banbir and took him to Kumbhalgarh. She did not ask for anything in return either. She started living in Bundi and did not allow Udai Singh to come and meet her. He lived in secret in Kumbhalgarh for two years, disguised as a nephew of the governor Asha Shah Depura (Maheshwari).
In 1540, he was crowned in Kumbhalgarh by the nobles of Mewar. His eldest son Maharana Pratap from his first wife, Maharani Jaivantabai Songara (daughter of Akhey Raj Songara of Jalore), was born in the same year. He had 24 sons. His second wife, Sajjabai Solankini gave birth to his son Shakti Singh, Sagar Singh and Vikram Dev. Dheerbai Bhattiyani was his favourite wife and was the mother of his son Jagmal Singh . His fourth wife was Rani Veerbai Jhaala.