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Jaipur is named after its founder the warrior and astronomer
sovereign Sawai Jai Singh II (ruled 1688 to 1744). The decision to
move out of his hilltop capital Amer was also compelled by reasons
of growing population and paucity of water. Moreover in the early
seventh century the power of the great Mughals was dwindling with
its aging Monarch Aurangzeb and after several centuries of invasions
the north was now quite and the wealth of the kingdom had become
greater than before. Seizing upon this opportune time Jai Singh
planned his new capital in the planes. Jaipur is a corroborative
effort of Sawai Jai Singh's strong grounding in sciences and
astrology and a Bengali architect Vidyadhar with a strong instinct
for planning.
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