Udai Singh I (? –1473) Udaikaran or Udah, was the

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(r. 1468–1473) of

Mewar Kingdom Kingdom of Mewar, sometimes known as Udaipur State, was ruled by the Sisodia dynasty. It was an independent kingdom in Rajputana region of India. It was established around the 7th century as minor rulers of the Nagada-Ahar region of Udaipur a ...

. He was a son of

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Biography

Udai Singh killed his father, Rana Kumbha, in 1468 and thereafter became known as ''Hatyara'' (Murderer). Udai himself died in 1473, with the cause of death sometimes being stated as a result of being struck by lightning but more likely to have also been murder by his own brother

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to avenge the death of their father, Rana Kumbha. The death by lightning account is mentioned in the Mewar chronicle ''Vir Vinod'', by Kavi Shyamaldas, which

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mistook to be about the sultan of Delhi rather than

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, the Sultan of Malwa. It was Shah who agreed to render assistance to Udai Singh, and in return Udai Singh agreed to give his daughter in marriage to him. The proposed matrimonial alliance aimed at establishing friendly relations between the two States. But destiny had it otherwise. Rana Udai Singh was struck with lightning, when he was returning to his camp, after completing the negotiations, and thus the entire plan fell through and no marriage took place. Surajmal and Sahasmal, however, remained in the Malwa court and continued to press the Sultan to help them in recovering their patrimony. Sultan Ghiyath Shah finally agreed to assist them and with his forces marched on Chittor.

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