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Jantar Mantar was built in the reign of______

  1. Maharaja Jai Singh II

  2. Prithvi Raj

  3. Akbar

  4. Shah Jahan
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Jantar Mantar observatories were built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur in the early 18th century (between 1724-1735). He constructed five observatories in different cities including Delhi, Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain, and Mathura to compile astronomical tables. Prithvi Raj, Akbar, and Shah Jahan ruled in different time periods.

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