As soon as you glimpse the Deogarh Mahal, you can see that its rulers must have been serious players in the Mewar aristocracy, their magnificent fort a fitting stronghold for one of its sixteen “umraos” - the most senior feudal barons attending on the Maharana of Udaipur
Deogarh's relationship with Udaipur had its ups and downs but it was probably closer than most because it was by family ties of distant cousinship. Indeed, if the Rawats' ancestor, Prince Chunda had had a less sense of pride, the throne of Mewar might even have been theirs...