Short answers, pulled from the story.
Jaipur is called the Pink City because it was painted pink during the rule of Sawai Ram Singh II to welcome Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1876. Many of the avenues remain painted pink, giving the city the epithet.
Jaipur was founded by Jai Singh II, the Rajput chief of the Kachhwaha clan, on the 18th of November 1727. Construction of the city began in 1726, and it was designed under the architectural guidance of Vidyadhar Bhattacharya.
Jaipur is home to the Jantar Mantar observatory, a collection of 19 astronomical instruments, and Amer Fort, both of which are World Heritage Sites. On the 6th of July 2019, the city itself was placed on the World Heritage Cities list.
Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It became the capital of the newly formed state of Rajasthan in 1949, after Indian independence in 1947.
The economy of Jaipur is fuelled by tourism, gemstone cutting, the manufacture of jewellery and luxury textiles, and information technology. The GDP of Jaipur district was estimated at INR 1,22,140 crores, or $15.8 billion, in 2020 to 2021.
The Jaipur Literature Festival is billed as the world's largest free literature festival. Authors, writers, and literature lovers from across the country participate in it.
The Jaipur Metro began commercial service between Chandpole and Mansarovar on the 3rd of June 2015 and is India's sixth metro rail system. It is the first metro in India to run on a triple-storey elevated road and metro track.