Udaipur
city in Rajasthan, India
Udaipur (Hindi: IPA: [ʊdəjpʊɾ], ) (ISO 15919: Udayapura) is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about 415 km (258 mi) south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. 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 Rajputs, 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 Mewar became a British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947. It is also known as the City of Lakes, as it is surrounded by five major artificial lakes.
The city is located in the southernmost part of Rajasthan near the Gujarat border. To its west is the Aravalli Range, which separates it from the Thar Desert. It is placed close to the median point between two major Indian metro cities, around 660km from Delhi and 800km from Mumbai. Besides, connectivity with Gujarat ports gives Udaipur a strategic geographical advantage.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Udaipur” as city in Rajasthan, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Rajasthan, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q200340. VIAF identifies the subject as 172972583. The Library of Congress control number is n89265200. Authority coordinates are 24.583, 73.683. 1 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 3 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1559, 1818 and 1947.
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