Hotel Description
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 ’s 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.
LocationAirport - 12 kms, Railway Station -
6 km, Bus Stand - 5 kms
Rooms
31 rooms
Hotel Facilities
AC Rooms with Telephone and Attached Bath Running Hot &
Cold Running Water
Hotel Services
Money Changer, Doctor on Call, Laundry, Safe
Deposit, Travel Desk Service, Car-Parking, Swimming Pool,
Billiards Table, Table Tennis, Ayurvedic Massage.
Restaurant & Bar
Restaurant of Narain Niwas Palace serves Indian,
Continental, and Chinese Cuisine
Address
Narain Niwas Palace, Kanota Bagh, Narain Singh
Road,Jaipur – 302004, Rajasthan
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