GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Sawai Jai Singh built his last observatory at
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Delhi
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Ujjain
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Mathura
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Banaras
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jantar Mantar is an astronomical observatory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Five observatories were built at Delhi, Mathura (in his Agra province), Benares, Ujjain (capital of his Malwa province), and his own capital of Jaipur.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Observatory or Jantar Mantar was constructed in1724, by Sawai Jai Singh, the Raja of Jaipur (r. 1699-1743), at the request of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719-48). The Observatory in Delhi was the first to be built and was one of five-Jaipur, Ujjain, Varanasi and Mathura.
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