Udai Singh II
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| Udai Singh II | |
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Jaivanta Bai[1] | |
| Spouse | 18 or 20 queens including:
Maharani Jaivanta Bai Songara of Sisodia |
| Father | Rana Sanga |
| Mother | Maharani Karmavati Hada (Chauhan) daughter of Rao Nirbudh of Bundi. |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| II (1326–1971) |
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Udai Singh II (4 August 1522 – 28 February 1572).
Early life
Udai Singh was born in
Personal life
Udai Singh had 24 sons. His first wife, Maharani Jaivanta Bai Songara, a Chauhan princess of Jalore, gave birth to his eldest son, Maharana Pratap. His second wife, Sajja Bai Solankini, a daughter of Rao Prithvi Singh Solanki of Toda,[citation needed] gave birth to his sons Shakti Singh and Vikram Dev Singh. Dheer Bai Bhattiyani, a princess of Jaisalmer, daughter of Rawal Lunkaran Bhatti and sister of Umade Bhattiyani,[9] was his favourite wife and was the mother of his sons, Jagmal Singh, Kunwar Agar Singh and Kunwar Pachyad Singh. Dheerbai also bore him two daughters. Rani Veer Bai Jhala was the mother of Kunwar Sagar Singh and Kunwar Rai Singh. [10]
Reign
In 1540, he was crowned in Kumbhalgarh by the nobles of Mewar. His eldest son
In 1544 Sher Shah Suri invaded Marwar after defeating Maldev at Sammel. Udai Singh had just dealt with the civil war in Mewar and did not have the resources to fight the Sur Empire, he thus surrendered Chittor to Sher Shah Suri on the terms that Sher Shah does not harm the people of Mewar. Sher Shah also accepted the terms as he knew that the siege would be long and costly.[12][13][14]
Udai Singh and his council felt that
In 1557, Udai was defeated by
In 1562, Udai gave refuge to Baz Bahadur, the last ruler of the Malwa Sultanate, whose kingdom had been annexed by Akbar into the Mughal Empire.
In September 1567, his son Shakti Singh came to him from Dhaulpur and told him of Akbar's plan to capture Chittor.[15] According to Kaviraj Shyamaldas, Udai Singh called a council of war. The nobles advised him to take refuge along with the princes in the hills, leaving a garrison at Chittor. On 23 October 1567 Akbar formed his camp near Chittor. Udai Singh retired to Gogunda (which later became his temporary capital) leaving Chittor in the hands of his loyal chieftains Rao Jaimal and Patta. Akbar captured Chittor after a four-month-long siege on 23 February 1568; the siege culminated in a brutal sacking of the city, leaving Chittor's garrison and 25-40,000 civilians dead.[16][17] With Chittor lost to the Mughals, Udai would later shift his capital to Udaipur.
He died in 1572 in
In popular culture
- In the 2008 romance drama film Jodhaa Akbar, a partly fictionalised version of Udai Singh II is portrayed by actor Surendra Pal.
- In the 2013 television serial, Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, Udai Singh II was portrayed by Shakti Anand.
References
- ISBN 9788128808258.
- ^ a b Rana 2004, p. 17
- ^ Mertiyo Rathors of Merta Rajasthan volume II: p. 38
- ^ Mertiyo Rathors of Merta Volume II: p. 35 & 38
- ^ Congress, Indian History (1974). Proceedings - Indian History Congress, Volume 35. p. 142. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-81-929881-1-5.
- ^ ISBN 81-7167-366-X, p.240-52
- ISBN 81-219-0364-5, p.11
- ISBN 9781107080317.
- ^ Rana 2004, p. 28
- ^ ISBN 81-7167-366-X, p.252-64
- ^ ISBN 9788129108906.
- ^ History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D. By Radhey Shyam Chaurasia pg.181
- ^ The Cambridge History of India pg.55
- ^ Rana 2004, p.31
- ISBN 9780521566032. pg. 26
- OCLC 36806798. page 107
External links
- Mewar Encyclopedia, eternalmewar.in. Accessed 30 November 2022.