The City Palace Museum s, Udaipur. The City Palace Museum, Udaipur (CPMU), administered by the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) was set up in 1969 to safeguard and preserve the cultural heritage and the time honoured traditions of the people of Mewar. Rana Udai Singh II the father of Rana Pratap laid the foundation of the City Palace, in A. D.