Amrapali Jewels
TypePrivate limited company
IndustryGems & Jewellery
Founded1978
FounderRajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera
Headquarters
Jaipur
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rajiv Arora
Rajesh Ajmera[1]
Tarang Arora &
Akanksha Arora
ProductsJewelry & Accessories
Websitehttp://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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Rajiv Arora and Rajesh Ajmera Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "DNA Mumbai Anniversary: Indulgence is now on a roll". 28 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Amrapali opens first store in Pakistan – The Express Tribune". 4 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tarang Arora: The story of Amrapali". The Week Portfolio.
  5. ↑ "Amrapali launches 'Baahubali' jewelry at Hyderabad store". 28 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tarang Arora on history and journey of Amrapali Jewels : Luxury Market: Business Today". businesstoday.in.
  7. 1 2 "In Homage to India's Jewel Culture".
  8. 1 2 Stephen, Rosella (11 December 2017). "Amrapali Museum to open next January in Jaipur". The Hindu.
  9. ↑ "A cut above the rest – SmartCEO". 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Amrapali Museum". museumsofindia.org. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Now showing at a museum near you: Bhagat Singh's gun, Sachin's gloves". Hindustan Times. 5 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Business, Outlook. "Star Jeweller – Amrapali Jewels". Outlook. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ↑ Chhibber, Vatsala (23 February 2018). "Fancy a ruby-studded back scratcher?". Livemint.
  14. ↑ "Jewels from a museum". 25 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Treasures from the past". Deccan Chronicle. 1 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "A home for heritage". The New Indian Express.
  17. ↑ "My Journey". Rajiv Arora – via rajivarora.com.
  18. ↑ "I-T raids at premises owned by Gehlot's aides". FirstPost.com.
  19. ↑ "Amrapali Jewels Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur vs Department Of Income Tax on 24 November, 2015". Indian Kanoon – via indiankanoon.org.
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