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Ajmer

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.

Modern name: Ajmer
Variants: Ajmere/Ajaymeru

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^[1]

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

↑ "Army: Ajmer- Merwara Province" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 165.

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 *[http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Ajmer_1933_1940(1).htm Ajmer 1933-40] Life in a railway colony  from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood]  by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website.
 *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/22/pindia-rajasthan-british-raj?INTCMP=SRCH 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
+[[Image:Ajmere - Arhai-Din-Ka-Ihopra 001.jpg‎|thumb|right|300px| Ajmere -Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra]]
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