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. |
