Pratap Singh (9 May 1540 – 29 January 1597) popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was a king of Mewar, a region in north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan. Pratap was the son of Udai Singh II (King of Mewar) and his mother Maharani Jaiwanta Bai. Maharana Pratap's birth anniversary, known as Maharana Pratap Jayanti, is celebrated annually on the third day of the Jyestha Shukla phase. He was the eldest son of Maharani Jaiwanta Bai and Udai Singh He was succeeded by his eldest son, Amar Singh I. Maharana Pratap's biggest enemy was Mughal Emperor Akbar (Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar I and later Akbar the Great).