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Amrapali Jewels, is a jewellery house founded in 1978 by Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera in Jaipur.[1] Amrapali designs, produces and distributes tribal, fine and uncut gemstone jewellery. The brand has stores in India and London.[2][3][4][5] The brand also operates a museum of Indian jewellery in Jaipur.[6][7]

Historical background

The inspiration to start Amrapali Jewellery was the fascination that Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera held for ancient India, as it was the focus of their graduate studies.[8]

Indian Jewellery Museum

The brand operates an Amrapali Museum of Jewellery, spread over a Шаблон:Convert space and showcasing traditional Indian Jewellery in the city of Jaipur.[9] The collection took 50 years to be gathered.[6][7][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Income Tax Department raid

On 13 July 2020, the I.T. Department raided Amrapali Jewels and its owner Rajiv Arora, who is a close aide of Congress CM, Ashok Gehlot and Vice President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee[16] for tax evasion at various locations, including Mumbai and Delhi.[17]

There was also a case in 2015 registered against Amrapali Jewels regarding bogus purchases of precious and semi precious stones.[18]

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