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Specialty Museum Attractions In Jaipur

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Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, and after whom the city is named. As of 2011, the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the Pink City, due to the dominant color scheme of its buildings. It is located 280 km from the Indian capital New Delhi. Jaipur is a popular tourist destination in India and forms a part of the west Golden Triangle tourist circuit along with Delhi and Agra . It also serves as a gateway to other tourist destinations in Rajast...
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Specialty Museum Attractions In Jaipur

  • 1. Albert Hall Museum Jaipur
    Albert Hall Museum is located in Rajasthan, India. It is the oldest museum of the state and functions as the State museum of Rajasthan. The building is situated in Ram Niwas garden outside the city wall opposite New gate and is a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture. It is also called the Government Central Museum.
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  • 3. Jaipur Wax Museum Jaipur
    This is a list of attractions in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.
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  • 4. Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Jaipur
    Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh was the Hindu Rajput ruler of the kingdom of Amber . He was born at Amber, the capital of the Kachwahas. He became ruler of Amber at the age of 11 after his father Maharaja Bishan Singh died on 31 December 1699. He was given title of Sawai by the Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb in the year 1699, who had summoned him to Delhi, impressed by his wit. Later he proved to be Sawai also in warfare. On 21 April 1721, the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah bestowed upon him the title of Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hind and on 2 June 1723, the emperor further bestowed him the titles of Raj Rajeshvar, Shri shantanu ji and Maharaja Sawai. Sawai means one and a quarter times superior to his contemporaries. These titles adorn his descendants even to this date. He had a great interest in mathematics,...
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  • 5. Alice Garg National Seashells Museum Jaipur
    Alice Garg is an educator and activist. She is the founder secretary of the Bal Rashmi Society, a non-profit NGO. She established the Alice Garg National Seashells Museum in Jaipur. She also campaigns for the abolition of Sati and female foeticide. In 1997 she won the Special Social Lifetime Achievement Award under the Godfrey Phillips Bravery National Awards.
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  • 7. Rajput Palace Jaipur
    Before the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent, much of northern and western India was being ruled by Hindu Rajput dynasties. The Rajput kingdoms contended with the rising and expansionist empires of the Muslim world, be they Arabs, Turks, Pashtuns or Mughals. The Rajputs held out against the Arab Caliphates and Central Asian empires for several centuries. A few of Rajput kings converted to Islam, some formed alliance with the Mughals, which laid the foundations for the creation of the Mughal Empire.
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