Narain Niwas Palace
Narain Niwas
was
built in
the 1928
by
General
Amar
Singh,
Thakur
of
Kanota,
Commander
of the
Jaipur
State
Forces
and
confident
of the
then
Maharaja,
Sawai
Man
Singh.
General
Amar
Singh
was the
grandson
of
Thakur
Zorawar
Singh,
founder
of the
Kanota
family.
Thakur
Shivnath
Singh,
(General
Amar
Singhji’s
brother)
supervised
the
actual
construction.
The new
mansion
was
named
after
their
father,
Thakur
Narain
Singh,
who had
been
Chief of
police
in
Jaipur
State as
well as
a
minister
at the
neighbouring
princely
state of
Alwar.
Narain Niwas was a country residence to which Amar Singh could withdraw when he wanted a change from his busy administrative and court life, and from the cares of ‘the Kanota family’s Haveli (the Narain Niwas) within the walled city. Like other noblemen of old Jaipur State, he built his "garden house" in the vicinity of Rambagh, the pleasure garden and palace whose construction was begun in the 19th century by Maharaja Ram Singh (1835- J880). Until World War II, Narain Niwas surrounded by jungle where Amar Singh could go for pig sticking (hunting wild boar), to shoot game birds, and to hunt black buck and the occasional panther.
Amar Singh reputation as a soldier, administrator and a sports man is exceeded by his reputation as a diarist. His diary, kept in English for 44 years, from 2898 to 1942, in 89 folio volumes, 800 pages per volume, provides and unparalleled ethnographic account of Rajput life in princely India in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Visitors can now enjoy traditional Rajput hospitality at Narain Niwas Palace Hotel Jaipur. This property is being run as a Heritage Hotel by the Kanota Family.
| Access | |
| Airport Railway Station Bus Stand |
11 km 5 km 4 km |
Restaurant(s)
Restaurant
of
Narain
Niwas
Palace
serves
Indian,
Continental,
and
Chinese
Cuisine.Bar
Available.
Room Facilities
AC Rooms with Telephone and Attached Bath Running Hot & Cold Running Water.
Other Facilities & Services
Swimming Pool, Billiards Table, Table Tennis, Ayurvedic Massage, Doctor on Call, Laundry, Money Changer, Safe Deposit, Travel Desk Service, Car-Parking.
