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HISTORY

........A palace Carrying History
of 280 years.....
For during, the Moghul King Aurangzeb to the time of Empire, a virtual "Who's Who"—from Kings & Queens to the Viceroy of India—came to dine or sleep in the embrace of the mansion's grandeur. In 1997 the family renovated the elaborate complex of courtyards, arched corridors and residential quarters to restore the mansion to all of its original glory.

Built on a sprawling complex, The Raj Palace is a testimony to the skills of master craftsmen. All building arts of Rajasthan, like frescoes, mirror and hand-painted works and stone carvings, among others, find exquisite expression in this architectural marvel. The service is as good as the ambience- royal in every way. The reborn Raj Palace is scaled for intimacy and caring personal service, while providing every modern amenity for the comfort and convenience of travelers.

When Sikander Lodi was the king of Delhi in 1503 AD. Maharaja Prithviraj Singh ji was the ruler of Amber (The then capital of Jaipur city). One of his sons, Gopal Singhji in the year 1528 AD became the ruler of Samode and Mohanna and died in the battle at Ket at the time of emperor Akbar. In the year 1565 AD Natha ji succeeded his father Gopal Singh ji and Nathaji’s children after him were called “Nathawats”. Manohardas ji the eldest son of Nathaji settled in Harota, a place about 2 miles to the north of Chaumoo and gained victories with Maharaja Mansingh ji of Jaipur in 22 engagements.

Further the ruler of Amber shouldered this responsibility on to his Prime Minister Thakur Manohardas ji of Chaumoo who was sent to rule Kandhar during this period Kandhar was attacked by a joint army of 5 small kingdoms and in retaliation Thakur Manohardas ji defeated these armies in fierce battle and conquered their kingdoms, he snatched their flags and sewed these flags together and returned back to Amber and presented these flags to the ruler of Amber. The King of Jaipur/Amber was so happy that he made this flag as the official flag of Jaipur/ Amber state and to give honor to Manohardasji , he presented the white flag of Japur to him which later became the official flag of Chaumoo Karan Singh ji the eldest son of Manohardas ji succeeded his father in year 1584 and founded the town of Chaumoo in 1598. He died on the battle field at Kangra and his children acknowledge Chaumoo as their feudatory chief through whom they gave military service to the Jaipur state Karan Singhji son Sukh Singhji was succeeded by his son Raghu Nath Singhji in the year 1691. He was wounded while fighting ion the Battle of Dholpur” in the presence of emperor” Bahadur Shah Jafar”.

Thakur Mohan Singh Ji

Mohan Singh ji (who built this Haveli) succeeded Raghu Nath Singhji who inturned succeeded by Jodh Singhji and Ratan Singhji who for his success to the king of Jaipur received an increase of Rs. 3000 to his Jageer (which was a large amount at that time) Ranjit Singhji succeeded Ratan Singhji in the year 1783 and his son Kishan Singhji came to the throne in 1799 thereafter him came Thakur Laxman Singhji in 1830 who did a lot for the state and adopted Gobind Singh ji from Ajeyrajpura to succeed him in the year 1863 as he did not have any male issue.

Thakur Raj Singh Ji

In 1889, Thakur Gobind Singhji received the title of “ Rao Bahadur” from the British Govt. Coln. Walter the AGG said that bestowing the title of Rao Bahadur was to express their appreciation of his excellent services and loyalty as member of council.The resources of the state was largely developed under him and he was appointed member of council Thakur Devi Singhji succeeded Gobindji who was 13 descendents. His eldest son Sangram Singhji was adapted to Samode and his second son Raj Singhji succeeded the Chaumoo state.