History of Jaipur (Pink City)

Travel to Jaipur Pink City of India to experience the history of Jaipur, the Pink City of India. A brainchild of Maharaja Jai Singh II, Jaipur was founded in 1727. A Kachhwaha Rajput, who ruled from 1699-1744, Jai Singh took special interest in the designing, planning and execution works of Pink City of India. The Pink City of India has been divided into nine blocks of which two are kept for the City Palace complex and other state buildings, whereas the other seven blocks were earmarked for the public. The Pink City of India was encircled by the city wall, which opened at seven gates or darwazas. In 1728 Maharaja Jai Singh II built the remarkable observatory, which is still one of Pink City of India's main attractions.

The Pink City of India - Jaipur has neat and broadly laid-out avenues painted pink giving it a magical glow to the city, especially in the evenings. Pink City of India therefore is blessed with the opulence of cultural and architectural beauty that surpasses most other regions of India. All of this can be easily seen in the various sites of historical and aesthetic significance that dot the Pink City of India.

Pink City of India and its surroundings are rather like an endless museum. The Pink City of India also offers an endless variety of crafts to tourists and travelers on their Jaipur travel. Jewellers here still fashion the beautiful enamel-on-gold pendants, studded on the reverse with precious stones or pearls & turquoise that one sees in miniature paintings. Pink City of India's lacquer bangles are famous all over the world. Today, Pink City of India is the personification of the old order influencing the new. Being capital of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, the Pink City of India is a mirror to everything that Rajasthan signifies - be its culture, tradition, society and most importantly people. This is a city to be visited when you travel to India.