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Udaipur (Hindi: IPA: [ʊdəjpʊɾ], pronunciation ⓘ) (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. [4] [5] It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency.
Udaipur district is one of the 50 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. [3] The historic city of Udaipur is the administrative headquarters of the district. [ 2 ] The district is part of the Mewar region of Rajasthan.
City Palace, Udaipur. City Palace, a 400-year-old palace, is located on the east bank of the Lake Pichola.It comprises a series of vilas, halls, gateways, courtyards, overlapping parations, terraces, corridors and gardens.
The 41 districts have been divided into 7 divisions: Ajmer, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur divisions. Each division consists of 4-6 districts. Divisions of Rajasthan
The state was poorly managed before British rule. The revenue of Udaipur state was Rs.4,00,000 with a debt of Rs.29,00,000 in 1819, after which the British took over the administration. The state revenue showed improvement under British agents, the revenue rising to Rs.8,00,000 in 1821 and an average of Rs.28,00,000 in 1899–1900. [148]
The history of the palace reflects the history of the Mewar kingdom.Maharana Sajjan Singh, (b. 18 July 1859 d. 23 December 1884), the initial builder of the Monsoon Palace was the seventy–second ruler of the Mewar dynasty (1874–1884) and ruled from Udaipur for a short period of 10 years until his untimely death.
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasthan, Neemuch and Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Gujarat.
Kotra (also spelt Kotda) is a tehsil of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, India, [2] consisting of 262 revenue villages and 31 panchayats. [1] The tehsil is bordered to the north by Pali and Sirohi districts, to the east by Gogunda and Jhadol tehsils, and to the south by Gujarat state.