Sanganer
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| Country | India | ||
| State | Rajasthan | ||
| District(s) | Jaipur | ||
| Nearest city | Jaipur | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Sanganer is a town situated 15 km south of Jaipur, the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan. The town is famous for handmade paper industry, textile printing and for Jain temples. Sanganer prints are one of its own kinds, for the reason that patterns in bright colors are always printed on white backgrounds. Sanganeri Hand block printing received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2010.[1]
Handmade Paper Industry began with the idea of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1728. Around 10 handmade paper industries are present in Sanganer. Krishan Lal Balmiki the member of Rajya Sabha, was also from Sanganer (born 10 July 1942,Died 21 April 2010).
[edit] Infrastructure
Jaipur Airport is located in Sanganer. Ch Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) and Indian Institute of Health Management Research ([IIHMR]), are two premier govt. institutes located in Sanganer.
[edit] References
- ^ "Registered Geographical Indications (GI)". Geographical Indication Registry (India). http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registration_GI_27October2010.pdf.
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