pronunciation (help·info)) (ISO 15919: Udayapura), is a city in the state of Rajasthan, India.^[3][4] It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1559 by Udai Singh II of the Sisodia clan of Rajput,^[5] when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur after Chittorgarh was besieged by Akbar. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when it became a British princely state,^[5] and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947