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Mewar State

Mewar State
मेवाड़ रियासत
Former Princely State of India
530–1949
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Udaipur Kingdom
Udaipur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 •  Established 530
 •  Independence of India 1949
Area
 •  1941 33,517 km2(12,941 sq mi)
Population
 •  1941 6,500,000 
Density 193.9 /km2  (502.3 /sq mi)
 •  1901 1,018,805 
Today part of India
"Udaipur State (also called Mewar): History". The Imperial Gazetteer of India. 1909. pp. v. 24, p. 87. 

The Udaipur State, also known as Mewar State, was a princely state in northwestern India prior to the formation of the Indian Republic.

The state of Mewar was founded around 530; the first capital was at Chittorgarh. Later the kingdom would also, and ultimately predominantly, be called Udaipur after the name of its new capital. The State joined the Indian Union in 1949.

Since its founding in the 6th century, the geographical boundaries of Mewar have waxed and waned. Since the treaty with the British in 1818 to its accession to the Republic of India in 1949, the boundaries of the state were as follows: the state was bounded on the north by the British district of Ajmer-Merwara; on the west by Jodhpur and Sirohi; on the southwest by Idar; on the south by Dungarpur, Banswara and Pratabgarh; on the east by Bundi and Kotah; and on the northeast by Jaipur.

The Udaipur State was ruled by the Sisodia dynasty during medieval period.

Rana Kumbha expanded his kingdom at the expense of the sultanates of Malwa and Gujarat.

Rana Sanga of Mewar became the principal player in Northern India. His objectives grew in scope – he planned to conquer the much sought after prize of the Muslim rulers of the time, Delhi. However, his defeat in the Battle of Khanwa consolidated the new Mughal dynasty in India.

Maharana Udai Singh II founded Udaipur, which became the new capital of the Mewar kingdom after Chittor Fort was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar.


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