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Jaipur is still one of the beautiful cities in India with most of its forts and palaces perfectly in shape. Forts and palaces in and around Jaipur are what attract tourists to the Pink City. Jaipur has a number of fine hotels that provide best hospitality service to guests touring Jaipur. Jaipur Hub offers complete information on Jaipur and online booking for hotels in Jaipur. Discover the architectural wonders of Jaipur with Jaipur Hub. Jaipur Hub offers a number of tour packages to Jaipur and provides online booking facility for tours to Jaipur. For online booking or more information please fill up the form given below.
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The history of the Pink City of Jaipur dates back to the 18th century,
during the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II.
It was after it became
difficult to accommodate the increasing population at Amber (which is about
11 kilometres from Jaipur), Sawai Jai Singh was in search of safe and secure
place to built a new city. The paucity of water at Amber further aggravated
the problem of increasing population. 
It was in 1727, Swai Jai Singh with his architect
Vidyadhar Bhattacharya founded the Jaipur city. The city was built adhering
to the principles of Shilpa Shastra and thus become the first planned city
of India. The city follows grid system with wide straight roads, streets and
lanes. One can find uniform rows of shops on either side of main roads. As a
security measure from external aggression, the city was en-circled with a
strong wall with seven gates.