Udai Singh II was the Maharana of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur in the present day Rajasthan state of India.
Background
He was the fourth son of Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga) and Rani Karnavati, a princess of Bundi. Udai Singh was born in Chittor. In August 1522, after the death of his father, Rana Sanga, Ratan Singh II was corronated as the new king.
Career
He was the 53rd ruler of the Mewar dynasty. Ratan Singh II was assassinated in 1531. During the reign of Vikramaditya, when the Turkic Sultan of Gujarat Bahadur Shah sacked Chittor in 1534, Udai Singh was sent to Bundi for safety.
In 1537, Banbir killed Vikramaditya and usurped the throne.
She did not ask for anything in return either. She started living in Bundi and did not allow Udai Singh to come and meet her.
He lived in secret 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.
In 1562, he gave refuge to Baz Bahadur of Malwa.
Using this as a pretext, Akbar attacked Mewar in October 1563. On 23 October 1567 Akbar formed his camp near Udaipur. 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.
Udai Singh retired to Gogunda (which later became his temporary capital) leaving Chittor in the hands of his loyal chieftains Jaimal and Patta. Akbar captured Chittor after a long siege on 25 February 1568.
He later shifted his capital to Udaipur. He died in 1572 in Gogunda.
Before his death, jagmal try to Arrogate throne but the nobles of Mewar prevented Jagmal from succeeding and placed Maharana Pratap Singh on the throne on 1 March 1572.