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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 kilometers 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.

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, that provide best hospitality service to guests touring Jaipur. Jaipur Hub offers complete information on Jaipur and online booking for hotels in Jaipur.

About Jaipur
Area
•14,068 sq. km. (4.11 per cent of the State)

Location
The district is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan. It is bound in the north by Sikar and Alwar, in South by Tonk, Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur. Nagaur, Sikar and Ajmer in the west and in east by Bharatpur and Dausa districts.

Distance from major Cities
• Delhi-261 kms.
• Ahmedabad-625 kms.
• Chandigarh-510 kms.
• Mumbai-1,176 kms.
• Calcutta-1,472 kms.
• Agra-246 kms.

Climate and Rainfall
• The climate of the district is dry and healthy and is subject to extremeness of cold and heat at various places.
• The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded in the district varies from 8.0 to 48 degree Celsius
• Normal annual rainfall is 55.64 cms

Administration Setup
After the formation of new Dausa district, there are 13 tehsils and the same number of Panchayat Samities. The total numbers of towns are 14.

Infrastructure
Electricity
Jaipur district is receiving the hydroelectric power, supplied by the Chambal Hydel System. Out of total 2,131 villages in the district, 2,131 were electrified as on March 2000.

Water
The major rivers passing through the Jaipur district are Banas and Banganga. The ground water resources to the extent of about 28.65 million cubic meter are available in the district.

Road Transport
Jaipur city is the capital of the state and is centrally located. The National Highway No.8 links Delhi to Ahmedabad and No.11, linking Bikaner to Agra passes through Jaipur district to a total length of 366 kms. The total length of different types of roads in the district was about 4,102 kms as of March 2000.

Rail Transport
Jaipur district is connected with meter gauge rail route with Sri Ganganagar, Ajmer, Udaipur and Sirohi. Jaipur is also connected with major centers of neighboring states such as Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Delhi. Recently, Jaipur has got connected in broad gauge, enabling direct connections to cities like Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bombay, Howrah, Lucknow, Kanpur & Delhi.

Air Transport
Jaipur Airport gets International Status In the recent interim budget, the Central Government announced international status to the Jaipur Airport. The work on up-gradation of the airport has already started. The runway is being extended from 7,500 to 9,000 feet. Two duty free shops and a money exchange counter have been setup at the airport.

Jaipur is connected by air with Jodhpur, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Delhi, Bombay and outside the country with Paris, London & Dublin.

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