[8] Rana Lakha won this entire area and plains of Godwar from Chauhan Rajputs of Nadol in late 14th century.

[1] Rana Kumbha's kingdom of Mewar stretched from Ranthambore to Gwalior and included large tracts of what is now Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

A notable instance was in the case of Prince Udai, the infant king of Mewar who was smuggled here in 1535, when Chittor was under siege.

[citation needed] Ahmad Shah II of Gujarat attacked the fort in 1457, but found the effort futile.

Just after Halla Pol is Badshahi Bavdi, a stepped tank, built after the invasion of Shahbaz Khan in 1578, the general of Mughal emperor Akbar to provide water to the troops.

[17] There are five more gates between Ram Pol to Badal Mahal, the Palace built on the highest point of the fort.

[citation needed] The Rajasthan Tourism Department organises a three-day annual festival in the fort in remembrance of the passion of Maharana Kumbha towards art and architecture.

The other events during the festival are Heritage Fort Walk, turban tying, tug-of war and mehendi mandana among others.

[31][32] This fort (Kumbhalgarh) is previously described as The Fortress of Bowrie, in Rajpootana., as painted by William Westall with an engraving in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836[33]