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Jaipur
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Jai·pur  (jpr)
A city of northwest India south-southwest of Delhi. The center of a former state established in the 12th century, Jaipur was founded in 1728 and is noted for its walls and fortifications and the pink color of many of its houses. Population: 2,320,000.

Jaipur [dʒaɪˈpʊə]
n
(Placename) a city of great beauty in N India, capital of Rajasthan state: University of Rajasthan (1947). Pop.: 1 458 183 (1991)


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Born into the royal family of eastern Cooch Behar, Gayatri Devi married Sawai Man Singh, the then ruler of the princely Jaipur state, in 1939.
Official correspondence from the Jaipur State Public Works Department regarding the construction of Madho Singh II's chhatri informs us that original plans included 16 panels around the interior of the drum offering portraits of Jaipur's previous rulers (PWD File 763, p.
 
 
 
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