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Khetri Mahal was constructed by Bhopal Singh around 1770. Bhopal Singh was the grandson of Sardul Singh. Maharaja [[Sawai Pratap Singh]] of [[Jaipur]] built his [[Hawa Mahal]], also known as the Wind Palace, on the model of the Khetri Mahal, in 1799. Khetri in itself was considered to be the second wealthiest ‘Thikana’ under Jaipur.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rajasthan Tourism|url=http://www.rajtourism.in/Destinations/shekhawati/khetri-mahal.htm|publisher=Raj Tourism|access-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818021124/http://www.rajtourism.in/Destinations/shekhawati/khetri-mahal.htm|archive-date=18 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bhopal Singh was killed in the [[Loharu_Fort#Second|Second battle of Loharu]], in which he tried to capture the [[Loharu Fort]] - one of 33 thikanas of [[Shekhawati]] ruler. at the place where he was cremated in [[Loharu]], ~1 km from Loharu Fort, a commemorative [[chhatri]] was built which still survives.