The Hawa Mahal, or Palace of Winds, is a five-story palace in Jaipur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh and designed by the architect Lal Chand Ustad. Its pink and red sandstone facade is covered with hundreds of small windows with latticework, called jharokhas. These allowed the women of the royal household, who were expected to observe purdah, to watch street life and festivals without being seen, while cooling air flowed through them. The palace is really a screen wall rather than a full residence. It is among the best-known symbols of Jaipur, the so-called Pink City.
Before and after
- from 7 July 1798 to 30 September 1800Quasi-War
- from 12 October 1798 to 5 December 1798Peasants' War
- 24 December 1798Birth of Adam Mickiewicz
- from 1799 to 1849Sikh Empire
- 1799Construction of Hawa Mahal
- from March 1799 to December 1799Italian and Swiss expedition
- from 15 April 1799 to 11 September 1799Suvorov's Italian campaign
- 20 May 1799Birth of Honoré de Balzac
- 26 May 1799Birth of Alexander Pushkin
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