His moderate approach towards his kingdom along with concurrent Maratha invasions eventually lead to MewarвЂ™s decline. With one of the most beautiful summer palaces under his time in power Maharana Jagat Singh II of Sisodiya dynasty, was believed to be more involved in enjoying the worldly pleasures of life than governing his empire. However in the end, with the support of some nobles, Maharana PratapВ was installed on the throne of MewarВ at Gogunda as Rana on 28 thВ February 1572.В This was the age when MewarВ witnessed a pronounced increase in royal power & prestige.With the rising sun along the Lake Pichola in Udaipur, the mesmerising Lake Palace, formerly known as Jag Niwas, designed under Maharana Jagat Singh II is strategically placed to face and worship the rising Sun the Sun god from which the Sisodiya clan is said to have descended. Shakti Singh, the second son of Udai Singh was out of the question as during the lifetime of his father he had left Chittor angrily and accepted a subsistence allowance from Akbar. Before his death, his eldest son Maharana PratapвЂ™sВ claim to the throne was contested by his younger brother Jagmal. Maharana Udai Singh II died on 28 thВ February 1572 in Gogunda. Before his death, Jagmal tried to seize the throne but the nobles of Mewar prevented Jagmal from succeeding and placed Maharana Pratap Singh on the throne on 1 March 1572. With Chittor lost to the Mughals, Udai would later shift his capital to Udaipur. The siege ended in a harsh sacking of the city, leaving ChittorвЂ™s garrison and 25-40,000 civilians dead. Udai Singh retired to Gogunda leaving Chittor in the hands of his loyal chieftains Rao Jaimal and Patta.ДЄkbar captured Chittor after a four-month-long siege on 23 February 1568. On 23 October 1567, Akbar formed his camp near Chittor. The nobles told him to take refuge along with the princes in the hills, leaving a garrison at Chittor. According to Kaviraj Shyamaldas, Udai Singh called a council of war. In September 1567, his son Shakti Singh came to him from Dhaulpur and told him of AkbarвЂ™s plan to capture Chittor. In 1562, Udai gave shelter to Baz Bahadur, the last ruler of the Malwa Sultanate, whose kingdom had been annexed into the Mughal Empire. In 1557, he was defeated by Maldeo Rathore at the Battle of Harmada and lost Merta to him. In 1544, Udai Singh surrendered Chittor to Sher Shah Suri on the terms that Sher Shah does not harm the people of Mewar. Dheerbai Bhattiyani was his favorite wife and was the mother of his son Jagmal Singh. His second wife, Sajjabai Solankini gave birth to his son Shakti Singh, Sagar Singh, and Vikram Dev. His eldest son Maharana Pratap was born in 1540 to his first wife, Maharani Jaywantabai Songra (daughter of Akhe Raj Songra of Jalore). Therefore, Udaipur which had been safer from the Mughal influence because of its mountainous terrain remained the capital of Mewar till it became a part of the Union of India in 1948. When the Mughals attacked Chittor, the then capital of Mewar, Maharana Udai Singh II, and the royal family had already left for Gogunda, making it a temporary capital until Udai Singh II shifted to Udaipur and made it the new capital of Mewar.ДЄfter the decline of the Mughals, the Rajput kings recaptured most of Mewar but failed to win over Chittor. The city of lakes вЂ“ вЂUdaipurвЂ™ вЂ“ was named after its founder, made it his capital even before Chittor was sacked by Akbar. Udaipur вЂ“ Capital City of Maharan Udai Singh

In 1540, Udai Singh was crowned in Kumbhalgarh by the nobles of Mewar. He lived secretly in Kumbhalgarh for two years, disguised as a nephew of the governor Asha Shah Depura (Maheshwari). She started living in Bundi and did not allow Udai Singh to come and meet her. She did not ask for anything in return either. He tried to kill Udai Singh, but UdaiвЂ™s nurse Panna Dai sacrificed her son Chandan to save him from his uncle Banbir and took him to Kumbhalgarh. In 1537, Banbir killed Vikramaditya and seized the throne.

During the reign of Vikramaditya, when the Muzaffarid Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah sacked Chittor in 1535, Udai Singh was sent to Bundi for safety. He was succeeded by his brother Maharana Vikramaditya Singh. After the death of his father Rana Sanga, Ratan Singh II was crowned King. He was the fourth son of Rani Karnawati and Maharana Sangram Singh who was popularly known as Rana Sanga. Udai Singh II was born in Chittor on 2 August 1522. He was the fourth son of Rana Sanga and Rani Karnavati, a princess of Bundi. He was the 12th ruler of the Mewar Dynasty. Udai Singh II was the Maharana of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur.

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