2022-02-21 Mon

The Mewar kingdom was established around 530 AD. Chittorgarh, the capital of Mewar was conquered by the Mughal Emperor Akhbar in 1568. Thereafter, it remained under Mughals for the next 150 years. It was ruled by several dynasties of Mori, Guhilot and Sisodia. The rulers of Mewar used the title “Maharana”.

The state includes present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil District Jhalawar of Rajasthan, Neemuch, Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh and some regions of Gujarat. Geographically, it lies between the Aravali Range to the northwest, Ajmer to the north, Gujarat and the Vagad region of Rajasthan to the south, the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state to the southeast and the Hadoti region of Rajasthan to the east. Mewar state was also known as Udaipur state.

Fatteh Singh issued a copper Pie coin from Udaipur mint in 1978 Vikram Samvat. The obverse of the coin features, “Chitor in Devanagari, VS date, Flower at the top”. And the reverse of the coin depicts, “Udaipur in Devanagari, Flower at top and bottom”.

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