Jai Singh of Mewar
| Jai Singh of Mewar | |
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| Maharana of Mewar | |
 Jai Singh | |
| Maharana of Mewar | |
| Reign | 1680–98 |
| Predecessor | Raj Singh I |
| Successor | Amar Singh II |
| Born | 5 December 1653 |
| Died | 23 September 1698 (aged 44) |
| Issue | Amar Singh II Rani Sa Vijaywati Bai |
| Dynasty | Sisodias of Mewar |
| Father | Raj Singh I |
| Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar II (1326–1884) |
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Jai Singh[1] (5 December 1653 – 23 September 1698), was the Maharana of Mewar Kingdom, ruling from 1680 to 1698. He was a son of Mahanara Raj Singh I. Jai Singh fought a series of battles against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1680–81, he sent his noble Dayaldas in Malwa. Dayaldas occupied Dhar and Mandu. He looted those cities and fought a series of battles against Mughal army.[2] He married Dayawati Bai (1650–1683), a Kachhawa princess of Amber, who died in childbirth. He built Dhebar lake, Udaipur in 1685.
On the last attack which was made by Aurangzeb with his three sons and an army of number more than 5 times than that of Maharana's, Maharana Jai Singh deployed a tactic under which he with his subjects (including villagers) took shelter under different dens after emptying all food supplies and water of well and taking it with them. When Aurangzeb attacked the villages he found nothing to be plundered, and later The Rajputs defeated the Mughals.
References[]
- ^ "Udaipur". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- Mewar dynasty
- 1653 births
- 1698 deaths