Travel News Desk,Today, Jaipur, known as the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan, is considered as the capital as well as a famous place and the most famous city with its cultural and historical importance. Jaipur being a famous city is the highest income earning city of Rajasthan. Jaipur is considered to be the largest city of Rajasthan. Jaipur is also called the Paris of India and along with this it is also called the Pink City. Jaipur is also included as the triangle of India. It is called the triangular Golden City comprising Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, hence Jaipur is also called the Golden Triangle of India.

The city is surrounded by the Aravalli mountain range on three sides. The city of Jaipur is identified by its palaces and old havelis and historical monuments. The city of Jaipur is surrounded by walls and ramparts in which 7 doors were built for entry, later one more was added by the name of “Newgate”. This entire city is divided into 6 parts and is divided by such 111 feet wide roads. There are 5 parts of this city falling from the east, south and west and the sixth part is situated in the extreme east.

The city was given World Heritage City status by UNESCO in July 2019.

construction of jaipur city
Jaipur city was built by Sawai Jai Singh or Jai Singh II in the year 1727. Raja Sawai Jai Singh lived in Amer (Amber Fort) at that time. It is situated in the Aravalli valley and mountains, 10 kilometers away from Amer Jaipur and Jaipur is also surrounded by the Aravalli mountain range from three sides. The reason for Raja Sawai Jai Singh II shifting the capital of his kingdom from Amer to Jaipur was due to lack of water and increase in population there. And he wanted to build some new palaces in his city and convert it into a larger area. To build this city, King Sawai Jai Singh II got this place searched by his scholars and the right place was chosen by the pundits here. And at that time, the king established this city by combining 6 villages. At that time, these 6 villages were Nahargarh, Talkatora, Santosh Sagar, Moti Katla, Galtaji and Kishanpol.

The builder/architect of this city was a Bengali named Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, who built this entire city by converting it into a map and with geometrical form and taking care of every inch. While building this city, special attention was paid to the width of roads and various paths.

This city was built by the king in nine sections, out of which two sections were earmarked for the Raj Mahal, Rani Niwas, Jantar Mantar, Govind Dev Ji's temple etc. and the remaining seven sections were earmarked for houses, shops and factories of the common people.

This city was surrounded by walls and mountains, in which 7 gates were built for entry and later another one was built which was called “New Gate”.

In this city Jaipur, King Sawai Jai Singh II had built the city and entrance gates along with havelis, palaces, fort, factories, queen's residence, temples, artillery etc. Presently all these are tourist places here and in today's time a lot has changed in Jaipur.

History of Jaipur
If seen in terms of era, the history of Jaipur is not very old. This city was built in the late Middle Ages, but the dynasty of the ruler who founded it is believed to be several centuries old. It is believed that the Kanchwada family settled here from Gwalior, who considered themselves to be the descendants of Lord Shri Ram. The founder of this dynasty was Dulharay (Tejkaran), who defeated the Badgurjars in 1137 AD and established the new Dundhad state. In the year 1207, Kokildev of the same dynasty conquered Amer from the Meenas and made Amer his capital and from then till the 17th century, Amer was the capital. In the beginning of the 18th century, the ruler of the same dynasty, Jai Singh II or Sawai Jai Singh, established the city of Jaipur and made Jaipur the new capital from Amer and built many palaces and observatories here.

Rulers of Jaipur from its establishment till present.
Although many rulers ruled Jaipur, but from the establishment of Jaipur to the present, there are some rulers who ruled Jaipur and made changes in Jaipur during their rule. The rule of Jaipur from its establishment till present is:-

1. Sawai Jai Singh or Jai Singh II
When Jaipur was established, the king of Jaipur was Sawai Jai Singh and it was he who established Jaipur in 1727. His real name was Vijay Singh. But Emperor Aurangzeb compared him with Jai Singh I and changed his name from Vijay Singh to Sawai Jai Singh. He fought a war against the Marathas on behalf of the Mughal army.

He was a great scholar of Sanskrit, Persian, mathematics and astrology and is also called an astrological ruler. It was he who built Jantar Mantar (Vaidhshal) in Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjen, Mathura, and Banaras. Along with the observatory, he built Nahargarh Fort and Jainiwas Palace. It is said that Jai Singh II was the last Mughal Hindu ruler who organized the Ashwamedagh Yagya. The priest of this yagya was Pundarika Ratnakar.