Udaipur was a capital of the Rajput rulers, who ruled over Rajasthan. Today, it is one of the most beautiful cities of Rajasthan and the most desired tourist destination of India.

1. City Palace

The architectural beauty of City Palace is breathtaking, which makes it a top tourist attraction of Udaipur. Within its massive structure, there are a series of courtyards, balconies, terraces, hanging gardens, and corridors.
Besides, there are lofty towers, arched gateways, and domes that add beauty to this palace. The palace stands on the banks of Lake Pichola.

2. Lake Palace

The most famous attraction of Udaipur is undoubtedly the Lake Palace. This pleasure palace, built by Maharana Jagat Singh II, is a work of magnificent architectural beauty...

Udaipur was founded in 1559,^[5] by Maharana Udai Singh II in the fertile circular Girwa Valley to the southwest of Nagda, on the Banas River. The city was established as the new capital of the Mewar kingdom. This area already had a thriving trading town, Ayad, which had served as the capital of Mewar in the 10th through 12th centuries.^[5] The Girwa region was thus already well known to Chittaud rulers who moved to it whenever the vulnerable tableland Chittaurgarh was threatened with enemy attacks. Rana Udai Singh II, in the wake of 16th-century emergence of artillery warfare, decided during his exile at Kumbhalgarh to move his capital to a more secure location. Ayad was flood-prone, hence he chose the ridge east of Pichola Lake to start his new capital city, where he came upon a hermit wh...

• Born: May 9, 1540 in Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan
• Father Name: Maharana Udai Singh II
• Mother Name: Rani Jeevant Kanwar
• Died: January 29, 1597 in Chavand

Maharana Pratap was born on 9th May 1540 in Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan. His father was Maharana Udai Singh II and his mother was Rani Jeevant Kanwar. Maharana Udai Singh II ruled the kingdom of Mewar, with his capital at Chittor. Maharana Pratap was the eldest of twenty-five sons and hence given the title of Crown Prince. He was destined to be the 54th ruler of Mewar, in the line of the Sisodiya Rajputs.

In 1567, when Crown Prince Pratap Singh was only 27, Chittor was surrounded by the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar. Maharana Udai Singh II decided to leave Chittor and move his family to Gogunda, rather than capitulate to the Mughals...

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