Jaipur is one of the most popular destinations on a tourist's itinerary. One of the most important landmarks in Jaipur is the Nahargarh Fort. In the year 1734, Jai Singh II began the grand task of building this fort. Though it is not a big fort but in style and architecture, it is one of the most charming forts in Jaipur. At an age of Two and a half-century, it still stands tall on a steep rocky face with massive walls and bastions for company. The fort provides an excellent view of the Pink City spread out at its foot. The fort dominates the skyline by day and forms a breathtaking sight when floodlit at night. However, much of the original fort now lies in ruins except the walls and the 19th century additions including the rooms furnished for the maharajas.
Jai Singh II named it as Sudarshangarh. In the 1880s Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh transformed Nahargarh into a monsoon retreat. He ordered the Raj Imarat, responsible for royal construction projects, to design a pleasure palace within the fort known as the Madhavendra Bhawan. Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, the designer of Jaipur, built this palace with its beautiful interiors of frescoes and stucco designs that was used mainly by the harem women. Each of the Maharaja’s nine wives was given a two-storey apartment, which were set around three sides of a rectangular courtyard. The maharaja’s personal living wing was built on the fourth side. The architecture was basically Indian with certain European additions like rectangular windows and western styled toilets. Thakur Fateh Singh, an engineer in the Raj Imarat helped in the design of the queen’s apartments.
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