Ajmer

Ajmer
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	26.441°N 74.641°E
Altitude:	486 m (1,594 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Ajmer
State/Province:	Rajasthan
Country:	India
Transport links
Rajputana-Malwa State Railway Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

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Ajmer City was the administrative headquarters of Ajmer District in the province of Ajmer-Merwara. It is now the largest city in Rajasthan.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Ajmer
Variants: Ajmere/Ajaymeru

Related articles

Ajmer-Merwara Districts

Army

There was a cantonment at Ajmer, and elsewhere in the province at Nasirabad (14 miles away) and Deoli. Further details are given in this link

External links

• 1879-Mayo College, Ajmer archiseek.com
• Ajmer 1933-40 Life in a railway colony from An Indian Childhood by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website.
• My Indian summer The author’s mother lived in Ajmer, where her father was a senior railway foreman, until Independence. www.guardian.co.uk 22 October 2011

Historical books online

• "Ajmer City" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 170.
• "Ajmer-Merwara Province". Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 137.