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Write brief essay on Savai Jai Singh the astronomer.

  • UPSC 2001
  • The Eighteenth Century

Sawai Jai Singh II (1688–1743), the Kachhwaha ruler of Amber, stands out among eighteenth-century Indian rulers as a statesman-scholar whose scientific achievements have outlasted his political ones.

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  • Political Career and Position at the Mughal Court
  • The Astronomer-King
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