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33 unusual facts about Jaipur


ARCH Academy of Design

The institution has its campus in the historical Pinkcity- Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Baldev Ram Mirdha Institute of Technology

Baldev Ram Mirdha Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as BMIT, Jaipur, is a private research college located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Banaskantha district

It is connected to Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Jaipur-Delhi corridor thus linking it with four major cities of India.

Bangladesh national kabaddi team

Bangladesh became runners-up again in the next Asian Kabaddi Championship held in 1988 at Jaipur, India.

Central University of Rajasthan

The university had started to function from its temporary campus at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur in the year 2009 with only two courses.

The Rajasthan state government allocated over 518 acres of land for the permanent site of the Central University of Rajasthan at Bander Sindri near Kishangarh on JaipurAjmer Road (NH-8).

Cinema Is Everywhere

In January 2012, it was seen at the Jaipur International Film Festival in Jaipur, India.

Commerce College, Jaipur

Commerce College is a college in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.

Eight Thirty

He sired 44 stakes winners and was the damsire of 1962 Belmont Stakes winner Jaipur.

Gandhi Nagar railway station

Gandhi Nagar Railway Station (station code - GADJ) is a railway station in Jaipur.

Jaipur district

The city of Jaipur, which is Rajasthan's capital and largest city, is the district headquarters.

Kanodia Girls College

Kanodia Girls College is a girls college in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.

Koderma railway station

Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

Lal Bahadur Shastri College

Lal Bahadur Shastri College is a college in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state of India.

Lal Chand Ustad

Lal Chand Ustad was an Indian architect best known for designing Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, India.

LeRoy Jolley

In that year's Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course, Ridan lost by a fraction of a nose to Jaipur in one of the most dramatic races in American Thoroughbred racing history and one that is still written and talked about today.

Maharaja College, Jaipur

Maharaja College is a college in Jaipur in Rajasthan state in India .

It was established in 1844 by Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh II along with Pandit Shiv Deen, who also became its first principal.

Maharana Pratap Engineering College

Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions is also opening their university "Maharana Pratap University" in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Maharani College

Maharani College is the premier girls college of Rajasthan state in India and is situated in Jaipur .

Malaviya Regional Engineering College

Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur is one of thirteen premium engineering colleges in India that came up with five Indian Institute of Technology to promote quality technical education in India.

Mastermind India

For example, in 1999 the semi-finals were held at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi, and the finals were held at the City Palace, Jaipur.

Mohan veena

It derives its name from its inventor, the Grammy Award winning Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who resides in Jaipur India.

Otago cricket team

The Volts again qualified for the league in the 2013 season where they were much more successful entering the competition having won a string of Twenty20 matches which eventually ended at fifteen when they lost the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.

Queen mother

Similarly, Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur was the third wife of her husband, the monarch, but not the mother of his successor, a son by the king's first wife.

Rajasthan College

Rajasthan College is a college in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.

Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women

Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women is an engineering college for girls located at Ajmer Road, Bhankrota, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Sathya Sai College For Women

Sathya Sai College For Women is a girls college in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.

Sri Ganganagar district

The district has editions of state level newspapers from Jaipur, which are re-published from Ganganagar and Raisinghnagar.

St. Anselm's School

St. Anselm's Pink City Sr. Sec. School, Jaipur, a Catholic school with church in Rajasthan, India

Tamala Krishna Goswami

In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life sannyasa in Jaipur.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

Yamunotri Temple

The original temple was built by Maharani Guleria of Jaipur in the 19th century.


2005 in cricket

31 October - India wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits 183 not out in India's six-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Jaipur, setting a record for the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs.

Aanchal Kumar

In June 2013, Aanchal announced her wedding with her long-time boyfriend Anupam Mittal and got married on July 4th at Jaipur palace.

Anil Khandelwal

Later, he pursued his MBA with specialization in HR from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and received first position.

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Because of her strong influences from the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharanas, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande, has created her own musical style that respects the vocal culture and presentation aesthetics of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Bhai Lal Mohammad

Bhaskarbuwa had learnt from Ustad Faiz Mohammad Khan (Gwalior, India), Ustad Bande Ali Khan (Kirana), Ustad Natthan Khan (Agra), and Ustad Alladiya Khan of Kohlapur (Jaipur).

Deendayal Upadhyaya Trust

Meanwhile, well before its registration, the BJP mayor of Jaipur, Ashok Parnami, allotted 7,693 sq.m of prime land in Jaipur (an erstwhile palace for British residents) for the yet-to-exist trust.

Dharmendra Gaur

Dharmendra Gaur started his career as an employee of the Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur and worked there for seven years.

Dhondutai Kulkarni

Dhondutai Kulkarni, (born 23 July 1927) is perhaps the last living icon of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

The legendary Alladiya Khan, who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, made this Gharana unique by its full-throated singing, its complicated Taans, and its vast repertoire of Raags, which Dhondutai Kulkarni represents very well.

Govinda Bhashya

It was written in the year 1628 Sakabda (1718 CE) at Galtaji (Galta) near the present city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, by Baladeva Vidyabhushana to defend Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology.

Hardev Singh Nehra

The senior leaders of ‘Jaipur Praja-Mandal’ in Skekhawati, Ladu Ram Joshi, Kishan Singh Batar, Bhinw Raj Dugar had once organized a meeting in village Harsawa for the awakening of the villagers.

Hari Baba Ashram, Bidsar

Indian Airlines and Jet Air fly to Jaipur, from where Bidsar is 3.3 hours drive via a taxi or a bus.

Inania

Inania is a surname/Shakha/gotra of the Dadheech Brahmins, Jat community or other communities of rajasthan, India, found in Districts Barmer, Nagaur, Jaipur in Rajasthan; Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

Jadawata

Thakur Gopal Singh, last Chief of Jadawata recognized by the Government, married firstly into Mertia Rathore family of Mayapur in Marwar, married secondly into Cheevli in Jaipur, and had issue, 7 sons and 2 daughters.

Jaipur Rugs

C. K. Prahalad included a case study of Jaipur Rugs in his book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid citing it as an example of a social business which helps in tackling world poverty.

Jantar Mantar, Delhi

The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards, as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables.

JMRC

Jaipur Metro, an Indian rapid transit system partly owned by the Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation

Maulana Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi

He visited Agra, Jaipur, Kishan Garh, Gobind Garh, Hawali of Ajmer, Mithar and Bharatpur to protest the 'Show Ali Movement' which was viewed as a threat to Islam in the region.

Monkey Thieves

The series tells the story of the "Galta Gang", a sixty-strong troop that lives in the Galta Temple, a beautiful Hindu temple on the outskirts of Jaipur.

Nahar Singh of Bharatpur

Later, He fled to Jaipur and from there to Shahpura where he died by suicide (swallowing poison), 6th December 1766.

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

Padma Talwalkar

She received training in Khyal gayaki in three main styles or gharanas: Gwalior, Kirana and Jaipur.

Panchayati Hall

After Partition of India (1947), most of the Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar families migrated from Pakistan and settled in Jaipur, India.

Production of Caminho das Índias

Using the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Mumbai as references, the art director built 42 shops and a complete temple in honor of the Hindu god Shiva, in addition to the façades and entries of a movie theater and the terracota-colored households of the four main Indian families of the story.

Raga Bhoopeshwari

It was believed that the raga was created by Ustad Alladiya Khan of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.

Ratnakar Pai

Endowed with a sweet voice and an uncanny sense of Laya, Pai’s singing is one of the purest expressions of the traditional Jaipur-Atrauli Gayaki.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer

Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur comprised twenty four districts, namely Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bikaner, Bundi, Churu, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Tonk in the state of Rajasthan.

Royal Orient Train

Some of the tourist spots covered are the Qutub Minar, Red Fort and Jama Masjid in Delhi, Chittorgarh Fort and Rani Padmini's Palace in Chittorgarh, Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Lake Palace in Udaipur, the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat and the Hawa Mahal and Jantar Mantar in Jaipur.

Sawai Madhopur railway station

Trains that are bound for Jaipur reverse direction & switch over to diesel traction here.

Sikar

Those student who follow coaching institutes has stopped migrating to other major cities like Kota and Jaipur.

Thomas Holbein Hendley

In 1886, in conjunction with Samuel Swinton Jacob, Hendley designed the Grade II-listed Jaipur Gate which stands outside Hove Museum and Art Gallery in Hove, East Sussex.

From 1873 to 1897 he was the Residency Surgeon of Jaipur, and from 1894 to 1897 the Administrative Medical Officer for Rajputana.