Childhood His childhood name was‘Vidyadhar.
The workshop will thus discuss feedback on the report submitted by Shri Vidyadhar Phatak.
Vidyadhar faced him with a large army but, for some unknown reason, left
the field during the night.
The architect named Vidyadhar had designed it
and this fort was built to show the rich culture of the city of Jaipur.
After the return of Mahmud, Ganda(Vidyadhar) and a few other Hindu chiefs organised a confederacy,
attacked and killed Rajyapala who had failed to fight against Mahmud.
A skilled astronomer and visionary,
he worked with superb Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya to complete the design and construction of Jaipur in less than eight years.
Vidyadhar after 37 years of experience in various sub-fields of urban planning and development in government agencies in Mumbai retired from the service of Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority as its Principal Chief, Town and Country Planning Division.