Jaipur : OfIn order to increase the prestige, the rich businessmen who settled in Jaipur after being invited from outside, have spread the business of gold, silver and gems etc. of Jaipur all over the world. With the establishment of Jaipur, the then ruler Sawai Jai Singh made the country famous. Seth-moneylenders were given mansions and shops and settled in Jaipur. At that time, Lunkaran Natani, who had a big business of around seventy lakh rupees, was given the title of Nagar Seth and the honor of wearing a gold bangle on his feet and settled him in Jaipur. It was Seth Natani who saved Jaipur by donating lakhs of rupees during the crisis that befell the Dhundhar state during the time of Marathas. It was on Jai Singh’s call that silver businessman Ghasiram Muralidhar Purohit established a business center in the name of Purohitji’s Katla at Badi Chowpar. Jaisingh had also waived taxes by giving free land to the Seths. To ensure that the traders do not face any problem in doing business, mansions for residence were also built near the shop. During the time of Sawai Madho Singh II, the present Panch Batti intersection was named Tholia Circle by giving the honor of Nagar Seth to Banaji Lal Tholia of Pachar village. One year after the establishment of Jaipur, the poet Atmaram, having witnessed the journey of Sawai Jai Singh who set out to see the city, wrote that the beauty of the mansions of the jewelers and jewelers who have come and settled from other cities is unique. Seth, wearing turban, was sitting on the benches of the mansion and sorting the gems.
Famous businessmen who came from cities like Agra, Delhi, Banaras and Lucknow etc. were settled in the squares like Vishweshwarji, Ghatgate and Modikhana, which were connected to big markets like Johari Bazaar etc. One market was named Johri Bazaar and the big chowpar was named Manak Chowk. Once upon a time, a place called Johri Ka Reta was also famous. Jewelers from families like Mukim, Fofalia, Surana, Malpani, Jargad, Sanghi, Ajja Mian, Dhadhiya, Bairathi and Kothari etc. settled among the traders. Apart from Harchand Seeghad, Bhuramal Surana, Ratanlal Fofalia, Sujan Mal Chhabra, Golechha, Bothra, Chaudaria, Badher, Navlakha, Tak and Durlabji, businessmen like Daga Khinduka and Mehta etc. expanded the business of gems. Goldsmiths, snake charmers, puvaiyas, munnavats and jewelers associated with the work of jewelers and jewelers also had a special contribution. The Panchayat held on the way to Paratani had made a code of conduct for the gem business. This Panchayat became the Jewelers Association in the year 1927. In the year 1944, the jewelers donated generously to the state treasury for development works.
