Rana Amar Singh

Out of the 17 sons of Rana Pratap, Amar Singh was the eldest, and to him passed the daunting task of conquering Chittor. From his very childhood to the days of Pratap’s death, Amar had been a constant companion in his valiant father’s toils and troubles. A great warrior, he fulfilled his father’s last wish to capture the whole of Mewar; but not Chittor. Amar Singh remodelled his kingdom and revamped the functioning of his land. He built a small palace on the banks of the lake and named it Amar Singh Mahal, ‘the abode of immortality’. He was later persuaded by his courtiers to enter into a peace treaty with the Mughals. He wasn’t happy with the turn of events and thus never attended the Mughal court. His son Maharana Karan Singh attended the Imperial Durbar on his behalf. Amar Singh eventually left Udaipur never to enter it again. A great art connoisseur, Amar Singh’s name has thus been immortalized over and over again in Rajasthani poems and folklore.