Jaipur is also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state Jaipur is also the capital of Jaipur District. It is the former capital of the princely state of Jaipur. Founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, Jaipur was the first planned city in India.
Jaipur exports many items including brass and lacquer work, enamel work, gems and jewelery, granite tiles, handloom, marble statues, printed cloth and textiles, readymade garments, woolen and silk carpets.
Built of pink stucco in imitation of sandstone, the city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets
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