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| Udaipur | ||||
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| Metropolis | ||||
From Top to Bottom: Evening view of the city, City Palace complex
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| Nickname(s): "City of Lakes" | ||||
 Udaipur
Location in Rajasthan, India
Udaipur
Udaipur (India)
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| Coordinates: 24°35′N 73°41′E / 24.58°N 73.68°ECoordinates: 24°35′N 73°41′E / 24.58°N 73.68°E | ||||
| Country |  India |
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| State | Rajasthan | |||
| District | Udaipur | |||
| Founded by | Maharana Udai Singh II | |||
| Government | ||||
| • Body | Udaipur Municipal Corporation | |||
| • Mayor | Chandra Singh Kothari (BJP) | |||
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | ||||
| • Metropolis | 451,110 | |||
| • Metro | 474,531 | |||
| Language | ||||
| • Official | Hindi, English | |||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | |||
| PIN | 313001- 313024 | |||
| Telephone code | +91- 294 | |||
| Vehicle registration | RJ-27 | |||
| Nearest cities | Jodhpur, Chittorgarh, Kota, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Indore | |||
| Climate | BSh | |||
| Website | www |
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Udaipur, also called the "City of Lakes" or the "Kashmir of Rajasthan," is a major city, municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.[2] It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. It was founded in 1553 by Maharana Udai Singh of the Sisodia clan of Rajput,[3] when he shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedc2011-c92. - ↑ "Udaipur City Census 2011 data". census2011.co.in. Census Population 2015 Data. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ UDAIPUR: Since 1553 CE!-Its Founding & a Concise Photo Fact-File. Ranawat, P. S., 2014. ISBN 978-81-929881-0-8. Kumbha Exclusives, India.
