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Marwar is a sandy plain lying northwest of the Aravalli Range, which runs southwest-northeast through Rajasthan state. The Aravallis wring much of the moisture from the southwest monsoon , which provides most of India's rainfall.
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara , Chittorgarh , Pratapgarh , Rajsamand , Udaipur , Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasthan , Neemuch and Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Gujarat.
Hammir taking advantage of the internal turmoil caused due to changes in the ruling dynasty captured the fort of Jilwara, and made his base at the mountainous stronghold of Kelwara. Hammir also occupied the narrow mountain defile connecting the regions of Mewar and Marwar through which he could harass the Muslims in either Mewar or Marwar at ...
Bhim Singh had been engaged to the Mewar princess Krishna Kumari since an early age but died before he could married her. [137] [138] So Maharana Bhim Singh decided to marry her to Sawai Jagat Singh of Jaipur. Successor of Bhim Singh of Marwar, Man Singh insisted that Krishna be married to him and got Daulat Rao Scindia to mediate the issue. [139]
Of these areas, Marwar and Jaipur were the most significant in the early 19th century, although it was Mewar that gained particular attention from James Tod, a Company employee who was enamoured of Rajputana and wrote extensively, if often uncritically, of the people, history and geography of the Agency as a whole.
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Kumbhalgarh also separated Mewar and Marwar from each other and was used as a place of refuge for the rulers of Mewar at times of danger. A notable instance was in the case of Prince Udai, the infant king of Mewar who was smuggled here in 1535, when Chittor was under siege. Prince Udai later succeeded to the throne.
The first battle drawn between the Kingdom of Mewar and Malwa Sultanate was in the reign of Rana Kshetra, son and successor of Rana Hammir who after consolidating his power in Mewar started to take the key points of eastern Rajasthan. He captured Ajmer, Jahazpur, re-annexed Mandalgarh, Mandsaur, and the whole of Chappan to Mewar. [8]