Udah or Udaikaran was the Mewar ruler who held a prominent position in the history of Mewar. Son of Maharana Kumbha, he was a truly brave and courageous man who was sure that he had all the wit and power to rule Mewar by saving to from all enemies that had been looking to invade this place for longer periods of time.
His father Rana Kumbha died when he was praying in front of the idol of Lord Shiva. Although he was so powerful and had strength to control a huge spread Empire, he was called as a very cruel ruler.
Since courage was a thing that was infused in the minds of all Rajput warriors, Udai Singh I was Rajput in all senses that he loved to be undefeatable. Mewar had witnessed a lot of proud legends that had depicted roles as sagas of the valour, freedom, and chivalry.
But these things had turned many young rulers on wrong paths, and they did not worry about anything when it comes to get the throne. This is why some say the Udai Singh was involved in the assassination of his own father for getting the power and claiming his throne.
This is why he is still remembered as a ruler who was not faithful to his own clan and had conspired to get throne at the cost of someone’s life. Since he was the son of Maharana Kumbha, he was destined to become the ruler of Mewar but because of his drive for power he could not wait and killed his father for becoming the ruler much faster. After his father’s death, Mewar did not flourish much since Udai Singh I was focused more on his power and strength ways instead of taking care of subjects in his throne.
He was able to rule Mewar only for a small duration of about five years and was defeated by his brother named Raimal and due to this Udai Singh had to flee from Mewar.
For saving himself, he offered his daughter as an alliance to marry with the sultan of Delhi. But some call it fate and then Udai Singh I got struck by the lightning just before the marriage of his daughter, and then he died right there.
Because of his poor and reckless deeds, Udai Singh was never happily remembered in the history of the Mewar kingdom and was nicknamed as the “murderer”.
