Udaipur, city in northwestern India, in Rajasthan state. Udaipur is located southwest of Jaipur near the border with Gujarat state. It is at the southern end of the Aravalli Range and adjacent to Lake Pichola. An industrial city, Udaipur produces minerals, chemicals, and textiles. The city is also the outlet for the products of the surrounding agricultural region, including sorghum, sugarcane, and maize. It is a major road and rail junction. Udaipur is the seat of Mohan Lal Sukhadia University (founded in 1962) and its four constituent colleges. Udaipur is a historic walled city known as the “City of Sunrise.” It has a temple overlooking Lake Pichola and an impressive series of marble palaces on the lake's many islands. The temple and the palaces were built between the 16th and 18th centuries, after Udai Singh, the Rajput raja of Chittaurgarh (Chitor), made Udaipur the capital of the princely state of Mewar, when the Mughal emperor Akbar captured the previous capital, the Chitor fort, in 1568. Population (1991) 308,571.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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