Amrapali Jewels

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Amrapali Jewels
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryGems & Jewellery
Founded1978
FounderRajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera
Headquarters,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rajiv Arora
Rajesh Ajmera [1]
Tarang Arora &
Akanksha Arora
ProductsJewelry & Accessories
Website http://www.amrapalijewels.com/

Amrapali Jewels, is a jewellery house founded in 1978 by Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera in Jaipur. [2] Amrapali designs, produces and distributes tribal, fine and uncut gemstone jewellery. The brand has stores in India and London. [3] [4] [5] [6] The brand also operates a museum of Indian jewellery in Jaipur. [7] [8]

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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. [9]

Indian Jewellery Museum

The brand operates an Amrapali Museum of Jewellery, spread over a 6,500 square feet (600 m2) space and showcasing traditional Indian Jewellery in the city of Jaipur. [10] The collection took 50 years to be gathered. [7] [8] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

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 [17] for tax evasion at various locations, including Mumbai and Delhi. [18]

There was also a case in 2015 registered against Amrapali Jewels regarding bogus purchases of precious and semi precious stones. [19]

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