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{{short description|Indian king of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| title = [[Maharana]]
| image = Rana-udai-singh-ii.jpg
| caption = Rana Udai Singh II
| succession = [[Rana (title)|Rana]] of [[Mewar]]
| reign = 1540 – 28 February 1572
| coronation = 1540, [[Kumbalgarh]]
| predecessor = [[Vanvir Singh]]
| successor = [[Pratap Singh I]]
| birth_date = 4 August 1522
| birth_place = [[Chittor Fort]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Mewar]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1572|02|28|1522|08|04|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gogunda]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Mewar]]
| queen = [[Jaivanta Bai]]<ref name= jijabai>{{cite book|last=Rana|first=Bhawan Singh|title=Maharana Pratap|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|isbn=9788128808258|pages=28, 105}}</ref>
| spouse = 18 or 20 queens including:
Maharani Jaivanta Bai Sonigara (Chauhan) Rani Sajjabai Solankini Rani Dheer Bai Bhattiyani Rani Jaivantabai Madrechi (Rani Lalabai) Rani Lacchabai Balechi (Chouhan) Rani Veerbai Jhala Lakhabai Jhala<ref name="Rana 2004">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rana 2004], p. 17</ref> Rani Karamti Bai of [[Marwar]]<ref>Mertiyo Rathors of Merta Rajasthan volume II: p. 38</ref>
| issue = Several including: [[Maharana Pratap|Pratap Singh I]] [[Shakti Singh (16th century Indian noble)|Shakti Singh]] Vikramdev Singh [[Jagmal Singh]] Sagar Singh Rai Singh Shardul Singh <ref name="Rana 2004">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rana 2004], p. 17</ref> Sisodiya Likhmi(wife of [[Maldev Rathore|Rao Maldeo]]) Chanda Bai (wife of [[Chandrasen Rathore]])<ref> Mertiyo Rathors of Merta Volume II: p. 35 & 38 </ref>
| dynasty = [[Sisodia]]
| father = [[Rana Sanga]]
| mother = [[Rani Karnavati|Maharani Karmavati Hada (Chauhan)]] daughter of Rao Nirbudh of [[Bundi]].
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
}}
{{Mewari Rana}}
'''Udai Singh II''' (4 August 1522 – 28 February 1572)<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress, Volume 35 |date=1974 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgpDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Udai+Singh%22+1522 |access-date=19 March 2019|last1=Congress |first1=Indian History }}</ref> was the [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar]] and the founder of the city of [[Udaipur]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Wah!Udaipur Wah!!|author=Ranawat, P. S.|date=2016|isbn=978-81-929881-1-5}}</ref> in the present-day [[Rajasthan]] state of India. He was the 12th ruler of the [[Mewar kingdom]]. He was the fourth son of [[Rana Sanga]]<ref name="tod">Tod, James (1829, reprint 2002). ''Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan'', Vol.I, Rupa, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-7167-366-X}}, p.240-52</ref> and [[Rani Karnavati]], a princess of [[Bundi]].

==Early life, marriage, and parenthood==
Udai Singh was born in [[Chittor Fort|Chittor]] in August 1522. After the death of his father, [[Rana Sanga]],<ref>Mahajan V.D. (1991, reprint 2007) ''History of Medieval India'', Part II, S. Chand, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, p.11</ref> [[Ratan Singh II]] was crowned King. Ratan Singh II was assassinated in 1531. He was succeeded by his brother Maharana [[Vikramaditya Singh (Maharana)|Vikramaditya Singh]]. During the reign of Vikramaditya, when the [[Muzaffarids (Gujarat)|Muzaffarid]] [[Sultanate of Gujarat|Sultan of Gujarat]] [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat|Bahadur Shah]] sacked [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1535)|Chittor in 1535]], Udai Singh was sent to [[Bundi]] for safety.<ref name="tod"/> In 1537, Banbir killed Vikramaditya and usurped the throne. He tried to kill Udai Singh as well, but Udai's nurse [[Panna Dai]] sacrificed her own son Chandan to save him from his uncle Banbir and took him to [[Kumbhalgarh]]. She started living in Bundi and did not allow Udai Singh to come and meet her. He lived secretly in Kumbhalgarh for two years, disguised as a nephew of the governor Asha Shah Depura (Maheshwari).

In 1540, he was crowned in Kumbhalgarh by the nobles of Mewar. His eldest son [[Maharana Pratap]] from his first wife, [[Jaivanta Bai|Maharani Jaivantabai Songara]] (daughter of Akhey Raj Songara of Jalore), was born in the same year.<ref name="tod1">Tod, James (1829, reprint 2002). ''Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan'', Vol.I, Rupa, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-7167-366-X}}, p.252-64</ref> He had 24 sons. His second wife, Sajjabai Solankini gave birth to his son [[Shakti Singh (16th century Indian noble)|Shakti Singh]], Sagar Singh and Vikram Dev. Dheerbai Bhattiyani was his favourite wife and was the mother of his son [[Jagmal Singh]]. His fourth wife was Rani Veerbai Jhaala.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rana 2004, p. 28]</ref>

==Reign==
In 1544 [[Sher Shah Suri]] invaded Marwar after defeating Maldev at [[Battle of Sammel|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.<ref name=UD>{{Cite book|first=Rima|last=Hooja|title=A History of Rajasthan, Section:The State of Mewar, AD 1500- AD 1600|publisher=Rupa & Company|year=2006|isbn=9788129108906|pages=462–463|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ&q=jahazpur|accessdate=2021-05-01}}</ref><ref>History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.
By Radhey Shyam Chaurasia pg.181</ref><ref>The Cambridge History of India pg.55</ref>

Udai Singh and his council felt that [[Chittor]] was too vulnerable and thus planned to shift Mewar's capital to a safer location. In 1559 work started in the Girwa portion of Mewar and in the same year a man made lake was made to promote cultivation. The lake was completed in 1562 and the new capital soon came to be known as [[Udaipur]].<ref name=UD/>

In 1557, Udai was defeated by [[Maldev Rathore]] at the [[Battle of Harmada]] and lost [[Merta City|Merta]] to him.<ref name=UD/>

In 1562, Udai gave refuge to [[Baz Bahadur]]. the last ruler of the [[Malwa Sultanate]], whose kingdom had been annexed 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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rana 2004], p.31</ref> 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 [[Jaimal Rathore|Rao Jaimal]] and [[Patta Sisodia|Patta]]. Akbar captured Chittor after a [[Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568)|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.<ref>[[John F. Richards|Richards, John F.]] (1995) [1993]. ''The Mughal empire''. New Cambridge history of India. '''5'''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521566032}}. pg. 26</ref><ref>Chandra, Satish (2001). ''Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part I''. Har-Anand Publications. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] <bdi>81-241-0522-7. p. 107.</bdi></ref> With Chittor lost to the Mughals, Udai would later shift his capital to Udaipur.

He died in 1572 in [[Gogunda]]. Before his death, Jagmal tried to seize the throne but the nobles of Mewar prevented Jagmal from succeeding and placed [[Pratap Singh of Mewar|Maharana Pratap]] Singh on the throne on 1 March 1572.<ref name="tod1" />

==In popular culture==
* In the 2008 romance drama film [[Jodhaa Akbar]], a partly fictionalized 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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.eternalmewar.in/research/encyclopedia/index.aspx Mewar Encyclopedia]

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Rik: small cleanup intro for clarity and improved wording per sources

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