Chittorgarh (also Chittor, Chittaur, or Chittaurgarh) is an ancient city in Rajasthan state of western India. Chittorgarh lies on the Banas River. It is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgharh District, and was a former capital of the kingdom of Mewar. Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. ...

History

The Kingdom of Mewar was founded by Bappa Rawal, of the Guhilot or Guhila clan of Rajputs, who established himself as ruler of Mewar in 734, with Chittor garh (Chittor fort) as his capital. Chittorgarh was captured by the Sultan of Delhi Ala ud din Khilji in 1303, and recaptured by the Guhila rana (king) Hamir Singh in 1326, who renamed the clan Sesodia after the village where he was born. By the 16th century Mewar had become the leading Rajput state, and Rana Sangha of Mewar led the combined Rajput forces to defeat against the Mughal Babur in 1527. After the Mughal Emperor Akbar captured Chittorgarh in 1568, the capital was moved west to Udaipur, in a more defensible location in the foothills of the Aravalli Range, where the Sesodia rana (king) Udai Singh II had established a residence in 1559. Udaipur remained the capital of the kingdom until it acceded to India in 1947. The Sesodias became tributaries of the Mughals in 1613, but regained their independence in the 18th century as the empire went into decline. The Sesodias resisted the assaults of the Marathas, acknowledging British sovereignty in the early 19th century in return for protection from the Marathas. Mewar became a princely state in Rajputana agency in 1818, which was renamed Rajasthan after India's independence in 1947. A Rajput (from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, although not all Rajputs find their origin in Rajasthan. ... Events Births Deaths Bilge Khan, Gokturk emperor Categories: 734 ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... The Khilji or Khalji were a dynasty of Indian rulers. ... Events On the 20 April, Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers Chittor Births Saint Birgitta, patron saint of Europe Deaths October 11 - Pope Boniface VIII Categories: 1303 ... Rana is: A municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway, see Rana, Norway The Rana family, who usurped control of Nepal from the mid-19th century until 1951, reducing the monarch to a figurehead and ruling through hereditary government positions A genus of frogs (rana is Latin for frog) La... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ... The Sisodia, Sesodia (or Sisodya) are a Rajput clan who ruled the kingdom of Mewar in Rajasthan. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Rana of Mewar, India who brought Mewar to the peak of its prosperity and prominence, establishing it as the premier Rajput state in Rajastan. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Zahir-ud-din Mohammad Babur, (alternative spellings Zaheeruddin and Babar or Baber (February 14, 1483 - December 26, 1530) was a famous Turco-Persian conqueror of North India. ... Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... Jalauddin Akbar Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbár, (alternative spellings include Jellaladin) also known as Akbar the Great (Akbar-e-Azam) (October 15, 1542 – 1605) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from the time of his accession in 1556 until 1605. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... Udaipur (उदयुपर) is a city in Rajasthan, India. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Extent of the Maratha Confederacy ca. ... 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Chittorgarh District

Chittorgarh District has an area of 10,856 km ², and a population of 1,802,656 (2001 census). The district is disjunct, divided into a larger western portion and a smaller eastern portion by Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh. The eastern portion is bounded by Bhilwara, Bundi, and Kota districts of Rajasthan to the north and Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh to the south and west. The western portion is bounded by Neemuch, Mandsaur, and Ratlam districts of Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Rajasthan districts of Banswara to the south, Udaipur and Rajsamand to the east, and Bhilwara to the north. See Neemuch/Temp for working article. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्‍य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... 600 km from delhi route is delhi - kotputli- jaipur - ajmer - kishangarh- bhilwara. ... Mandsaur or Mandsaor is a city and district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Ratlam (or Rijtlam), is a city and district in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Banswara is a city and district in south Rajasthan in India. ... Udaipur (उदयुपर) is a city in Rajasthan, India. ... 600 km from delhi route is delhi - kotputli- jaipur - ajmer - kishangarh- bhilwara. ...