City Palace, Jaipur since then become a trademark of the Jaipur city. Man Singh II, the adopted son of Maharaja Madho Singh II, was the last Maharaja of Jaipur to rule from the Chandra Mahal palace, in Jaipur. This palace, however, continued to be a residence of the royal family even after the Jaipur kingdom merged with the Indian Union in 1949 (after Indian independence in August 1947) along with other Rajput states of Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Bikaner. Jaipur became the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan and Man Singh II had the distinction of becoming the Rajapramukh (present day Governor of
Kalwar, Rajasthan Kalwar, Rajasthan Kalwar (Post Office Kaalwaad) (कालवाड in Hindi) is a village in Jhotwara Mandal in Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India. Kalwar is 18 km distance from its Mandal Main Town Jhotwara, and 22.8 km distance from its District Main City Jaipur. And 24 km distance from its State Main City Jaipur. Surrounded with the hills in Kalwar stands a small heritage castle known as Castle Kalwar which had been carved out of a fort originally belonging to the Naruka clan of Rajputs, , and won over by the present clan, the Kilyanots, in a fierce battle in the Sixteenth Century.