GK
INDIAS HERITAGE
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Odisha
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Gujurat
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Rajasthan
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Maharashtra
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Detailed explanation-1: -Largely built in the 1700s under the order of Rajput ruler Sawai Raja Jai Singh II, Jaipur is surrounded by a city wall and several defensive forts. Conceived as a commercial center in the state of Rajasthan, it was considered ahead of its time due to the use of grid iron city planning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Old Pink City Jaipur is known as India’s pink city (to read about India’s blue city Jodhpur, click here). All the buildings in the city are a hue of pink and have been that way since the 1870s, when the Maharaja was trying to impress the English King on his visit to India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pink City of Jaipur: Origins In the year 1876, Prince Albert was to undertake a tour of India. Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II, who was the then ruler of Jaipur, in his infinite spirit of hospitality, had the whole city painted pink terracotta in honour of the royal guest. Pink was considered the colour of hospitality.