Of all the princely states of yore in India, Rajputana (the region around Jaipur) is unquestionably the one with the most martial record. Jaipur was the first city in India that was planned according to the grid pattern. Its founder Sawai Jai Singh (1699 - 1744) was a lover of mathematics and science and he consulted a Brahmin scholar, Vidyadhar Bhattacharya of Bengal to help him design the city building. Construction of the city started in 1727 and the most important palaces, roads, and square took 4 years to complete. Architecture of the town was much highly residential to its time and it was no reservation the best in Indian subcontinent. Pink, the sign of welcome was used to paint the buildings in Jaipur in 1853 to honor of the visiting Prince of Wells and is still used. interestingly, the royal family's earlier residence at Amber, was only 11km away, and had been since the 10th century. Seven hundred years later, the Maharaja chose to elevate a "City of Victory", and aptly christened it Jaipur. Co-incidentally, the name also incorporated the first name of the Maharaja thus immortalizing the builder both through his nomenclature of dynasty and concept of ideals. Jaipur was and remains the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe through nine rectangular sectors dividing it.

It a bustling capital city and a business centre with all the trapping of modern conurbation but yet flavoured strongly with an age-old attraction that never fails to surprise a vacationer. Jaipur's past is never too far from hand. Stunning backdrop of ancient forts Nahargarh, Amer, Jagarh and Moti Dungri are dramatic testimonials of the bygone era and a reminder of their lingering romance. The palaces and forts of the yesteryears that were witness to royal procession and magnificence are now living monuments, accepted quite naturally into the lifestyles of the people of the pink city. Except for the busy traffic of bicycles, cars and buses, little seems to have changed. There is a timeless quality to Jaipur's bazzar's with its colorful citizens and reasonable climatic conditions. Jaipur is a royal city, and this is its most noticeable aspect. Buildings testify to it. Festivals testify to it. Its palace hotels testify to it.