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It is really easy to explore Jaipur because of the broad roads and convenient traffic movement in today's time when all the major states are facing severe traffic problems. This is due to successful city planning of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh. Jaipur is the first planned city of India and offers several extensive forts, lavish palaces, big temples and colorful bazaars to see.

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Go on Tours to Jaipur, the first planned city of India and Sawai Jai Singh's baby. He earned the title of Maharaja in 1707 AD and Sawai, meaning "One and a Quarter' and derived from the Hindi word 'Sawa', which is more than one but less than one and half. In 1713 AD. Kachhwaha King, Sawai Jai Singh conceived the basic plan for the city, which was converted to reality by the chief architect Vidhyadhar Bhattarcharya of Bengal. Started in 1727 AD, construction work of the city was completed by 1731 AD. You will learn on tours to Jaipur that the city is based on the principles of ancient Indian treatise on architecture, Shilpa Shastra and ancient Indian science of architecture, Vastu Shastra.

Take the Tours to Jaipur to see that the city is planned in rectangular blocks called chokris facing each other with a wide street running in between. While the two blocks occupy the City Palace Complex and other state offices the other seven blocks are for public buildings, markets and residences. Each block was earmarked for particular purpose. On Tours to Jaipur, you will find roads, lanes and streets wide and straight with shops arranged on either side of the main bazaar.

Explore the Pink City on Tours to Jaipur to know the reason behind such a name. Raja Ram Singh got the façade of all the buildings of Jaipur painted in pink in the honor of the Prince of Wales, Prince Edward who visited Jaipur in 1853 AD. Since then, the city is known as the Pink City all over the world.

After Jai Singh, several rulers sat on the throne of Jaipur. Sawai Pratap Singh ruled from 178 AD to 1803 AD, Sawai Ram Singh II ruled from 1835 AD to 1880 AD, Madho Singh II and Sawai Man Singh II from 1922 to 1949. After independence of India, the princely states were merged into the Indian republic. Jaipur merged with Rajasthan in March 1949 to became the part of India. In 1956, Jaipur became the capital city of Rajasthan.

Jaipur is an interesting place with lots of tourist attractions. On Tours to Jaipur, visit the City Palace, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar and Amber Fort besides several other monuments on tours of Jaipur.

Check out the following, on Tours to Jaipur:

Forts and Palaces in Jaipur

Shopping in Jaipur

Hotels in Jaipur

Festivals in Jaipur

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