Jai Singh of Mewar

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PlacesIndia
Gender
Male
Birth5 December 1653, Udaipur, India
Death23 September 1698 (aged 44 years)
Star signSagittarius
Family
Father:Raj Singh I
Children:Amar Singh II
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Biography

Jai Singh (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. Finally, Aurangzeb and the Rana signed a peace treaty, and Aurangzeb turned his attention to the Rathores of Marwar and the Marathas in the Deccan. He married Dayawati Bai (1650–1683), a Kachhawa princess of Amber, who died in childbirth. He built Dhebar lake,Udaipur in 1685.

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