Rana Udai Singh II founded Udaipur in which year?

Explanation

The year is 1559 A.D. Maharana Udai Singh met a holy man while hunting near a hill overlooking Lake Pichhola, and the hermit advised him to build at that favourable site, with a fertile valley, water, altitude and surrounding low mountains. Udai Singh followed this advice and founded Udaipur there. The standard RAS timeline places Chittor's fall to Akbar in 1568, after which Udaipur became the safer Mewar capital under the protection of the Aravalli hills. So 1559 marks the foundation of the city, while 1568 belongs to the Chittor-Akbar episode that explains the later capital shift.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) 1576 is tied to the Battle of Haldighati, where Rana Pratap fought Emperor Akbar, not to the foundation of Udaipur.
• (C) 1568 refers to Akbar's attack on Chittor and the fall of the old Mewar capital, not the year Udaipur was founded.
• (D) 1540 is too early for this event; Udai Singh's foundation of Udaipur occurred in 1559 A.D.

Concept

Medieval Mewar chronology connects Udai Singh II's foundation of Udaipur with the later shift from Chittor to Udaipur. City foundations, Rajput capitals and Mughal-Rajput conflict are core Rajasthan history facts in RAS preparation.

Source

• Urban Improvement Trust, Udaipur, Government of Rajasthan

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