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'''Diggi Palace''' is an Indian [[royal palace]] located in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Not being at Diggi Palace|url= http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?tabId=13&programId=1073755417&categoryId=-1073908161&contentId=10917095|newspaper= The Week|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Review:Diggi Palace |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/rajasthan/jaipur/49007/diggi-palace/hotel-detail.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429173804/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/rajasthan/jaipur/49007/diggi-palace/hotel-detail.html |archive-date=2010-04-29 }}</ref> It was converted into a heritage hotel, but a part is still occupied by the royal family, which also runs the hotel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Take me to the Jaipur palace| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/take-me-to-the-palace/story-e6frg8rf-1225877392724 |publisher=[[The Australian]] |date= 12 June 2010}}</ref> The annual [[Jaipur Literature Festival]] has been held here since 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title= Rushdie gag order highlights India's battle for free speech|url= http://www.smh.com.au/world/rushdie-gag-order-highlights-indias-battle-for-free-speech-20120128-1qn4y.html|newspaper= Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jaipur Literature Festival: Literati glitterati weekend in India |url=http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/sleep/literati-glitterati-weekend-jaipur-literature-festival-633106 |publisher=[[CNNGo]] |date= 18 January 2010}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The former ''[[haveli]]'' belongs to the ''[[Thakar tribe|Thakurs]]'' ([[Khangarot#Khangarot Rajputs|Khangarot Rajput]]s) of Diggi, a ''[[thikana]]'' or estate 40&nbsp;km south-west from Jaipur, earlier part of the [[Jaipur state]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Palaces of Rajasthan|author=George Michell |author2=Aman Nath |author2-link=Aman Nath |publisher= Frances Lincoln|year=2005|page=55 }}</ref> Each of the thakurs since its construction in 1860s, added to the present structure, which in 1991 was partly converted to a heritage hotel by the present owners Thakur Ram Pratap Singh Diggi and his wife, Jyotika Kumari Diggi.<ref>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.hoteldiggipalace.com/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105041212/http://www.hoteldiggipalace.com/history.htm |archive-date=2012-01-05 }}</ref> The history of Diggi Palace takes us to a journey back in the 19th century. Diggi Palace was built in 1860 by Shri Thakur Saheb Pratap Singh Ji Diggi of the then ruling family of [[Diggi]] principality presiding in the grand [[Diggi Fort]]. Going further down the years, the town of [[Jaipur]] was built in 9 squares. Diggi Palace occupied the space of present-day '[[Albert Hall Museum]]' but was later shifted to its current location. In 1991, the palace was converted to a heritage hotel and was made open for public.<br />
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* [http://www.hoteldiggipalace.com/ Official site]<br />
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