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Concise History of Mewar
A chronology of Mewar's 76 Rulers and their times (AD ca 569-2001)
including some parallel events in India.
Conflicting dates exist for the reigns of Guhil and his two immediate successors, Bhoj and Mahendra I.
Some texts maintain Guhil's reign began as early as 566 AD. The following dates must still be considered approximate.
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S. No. Ruler and Title Reign Capital Family Events
61. Maharana SANGRAM SINGH II 1710-1734 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar:
1715, ancient history chronicle Khuman Raesa written.
1717-23, builds Chini Chitrasala; Sahelion ki Bari.
1718, begins series of raids to retake Mewar territories.

India:
1712, Mughals, Jahandar Shah.
1713, Mughals, Farrukhsiyar.
1719, Mughals, Muhammad Shah.
1720, Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I establishes Maratha power in Northern India; raids Delhi.
1724, Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I, viceroy of Deccan quits Delhi, establishes semi-independent state of Hyderabad; other Mughal provinces (Bengal, Oudh) follow.
62. Maharana JAGAT SINGH II 1734-1751 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar:
1736, Maratha Baji Rao I captures Udaipur; exacts ongoing tributes.
1739, Jagat Singh refuses to help Mughals against Persian invader, Nadir Shah.
1754, builds Jag Niwas (now the Lake Palace).

India:
1737, Marathas raid Delhi.
1739, Persian ruler Nadir Shah sacks Delhi; steals Mughals' Peacock Throne.
1742, French governor Dupleix exploits feuds among Indian rulers; builds up an Indian army ruled by French;
1746, French admiral La Bourdonnais captures Madras.
1747, Kandahar, Ahmad Shah Durrani, ex-commander of Nadir Shah of Persia, unites a number of warring tribes and founds Afghanistan.
1748, Durrani's 1st invasion of India.
63. Maharana PRATAP SINGH II 1751-1754 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: Ineffective ruler, a victim of circumstances beyond his control; pays out vast sums of tribute money to invading Marathas, putting Mewar into debt.

India:
1751, Robert Clive captures Arcot.
64. Maharana RAJ SINGH II 1754-1761 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: Puts Mewar further into debt.
1755, Mar 9, signs treaty with Marathas; agrees to pay Rs. 15 lacs annually. Adopts uncle Ari Singh who possibly poisons him.

India:
1754, Mughals, Alamgir II.
1756, Black Hole of Calcutta leads to British rule in Bengal.
1757, Clive defeats Bengal at Battle of Plassey; installs Mir Jafar. Ahmad Shah Durrani plunders Delhi, Agra, Mathura and Vrindaban; forced to retire when cholera strikes his men.
1758, Marathas occupy Punjab.
1759, Mughals, Shah Alam.
1760, British defeat French at Battle of Wandiwash.
65. Maharana ARI SINGH II 1761-1773 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar:
1764, famine in Mewar.
1769, Jul 22, Treaty signed between Ari Singh and Maratha, Madho Rao Sindia. Pretender to throne, Kunwar Ratan Singh, backed by Mewar nobles, tries to overthrow govt., Battle of Ujjain.
1773, during break in Mewar's civil war, Ari Singh travels to Bundi to celebrate spring festival; assassinated by Prince Ajit Singh of Bundi.

India:
1761, 2nd Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Durrani defeats Marathas who withdraw south. Haider Ali usurps Mysore throne.
1764, Battle of Baxar, British and their Indian troops defeat joint forces of Mughal ruler and of nawabs of Bengal and Oudh.
1765, Clive returns to India as governor of Bengal.
1769, Haider Ali conquers large parts of South India.
1770, Bengal famine, one-third of population dies.
1772, British East India Co. replaced by British Govt. of India.
1770, Marathas annex Rajput Ajmer; take Agra.
66. Maharana HAMIR SINGH II 1773-1778 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: Ascends throne aged 13; Diwan Amar Chand hires Sind mercenaries to counter attacks by Marathas; Sinds take over Udiapur; Hamir brings in Maratha leader, Holkar to get rid of Sinds.
1778, dies, dispirited, at age 18 with Mewar demoralised and bankrupt. 

India:
1773, Regulation Act, Warren Hastings becomes governor general.
1775, 1st Anglo-Indian War; Hastings sends expedition from Calcutta to Surat to break coalition of Marathas, Hyder Ali, and Hyderabad.
67. Maharana BHIM SINGH 1778-1828 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: Ascends throne at age 10.
1788, Jan 26, Battle of Harkyakhal between Udaipur and Marathas—Udaipur defeated.
1789, Oct 24, Arjun Singh of Kurabar murders Mewar Prime Minister Sobh Chand.
1791, Aug 22, Bhim Singh of Salumbar occupies Chittor. Nov 17, Sindhia helps Maharana Bhim Singh expel Salumbar Bhim Singh from Chittor.
1792, Maharana Bhim Singh occupies Kumbhalgarh.
1794, Maharana attacks Banswara.
1796, Capt. Tod's 1st visit to Mewar; meets Bhim Singh.
1810, tragedy of Bhim Singh's daughter, Princess Krishna Kumari forced to commit suicide to prevent war with Marwar and Jaipur.
1813, Mewar looted by Amir Khan.
1818, Mewar and other Princely States sign treaty with British. Tod becomes 1st British Agent in Mewar.
1823, administration of Mewar taken over by British, although Mewar's debt to British begins.

India:
1782, British obtain Bombay from Marathas; Treaty of Salbai. Death of Haider Ali; son Tipu Sultan continues to fight British.
1784, Second Regulation Act, stronger position of governor general, est. of Board of Control in London.
1785, impeachment of Hastings. His successor, Lord Cornwallis defeats Tipu Sultan, annexes a major part of his territory. Maratha Wars.
1790, Marathas defeat Jaipur and Jodhpur at Merta.
1799, final defeat and death of Tipu Sultan.
1803, Nawab of Oudh cedes southern and western districts to British.
1817, British take over administrative control of Malwa.
1818, final British victory over Marathas; Princely States of Rajputana sign treaty ceding administration to British.
68. Maharana JAWAN SINGH 1828-1838 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: (Tod publishes Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan in London.) Mewar’s debt to British grows. Jawan adopts cousin Sardar Singh who succeeds him.

India: 1829, British ban sati.
69. Maharana SARDAR SINGH 1838-1842 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar: Rules for 4 undistinguished years. Intrigues at court grow, as does British debt. Adopts younger brother Swaroop Singh who succeeds him.

India: 1839, British begin building Grand Trunk Road.
70. Maharana SWAROOP SINGH 1842-1861 Udaipur Sisodia Mewar:
1857, Mewar army helps repulse mutiny at Neemuch; Swaroop Singh gives refuge to British women and children. Builds Govardhan Vilas; replaces dome of Chittor's Victory Tower destroyed by lightning. Dies at Govardhan Vilas, allegedly poisoned by Kunwar Shardul Singh.
1861, Aug 15, Sati banned in Mewar.

India:
1857, ‘Indian Mutiny’;
1858, East India Co. dissolved; country comes under control of British Govt. of India.
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