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* St Mary's High School - renamed in 1929 and taken over by Christian brothers. Formerly known as Mount Abu Railway School (established 1887) and originally run by Bombay, Baroda and Central Railway for children of European and Anglo- Indian railway Staff. | * St Mary's High School - renamed in 1929 and taken over by Christian brothers. Formerly known as Mount Abu Railway School (established 1887) and originally run by Bombay, Baroda and Central Railway for children of European and Anglo- Indian railway Staff. | ||
**[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/ Chronology from official school website of St May's High School, Mount Abu] | **[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/ Chronology from official school website of St May's High School, Mount Abu] | ||
=== Cadet Regiment=== | |||
There was a cadet company at Mount Abu, part of the 2nd Battalion, [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment|Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles]].<ref> [https://archive.org/stream/rajputanadistri00agegoog#page/n141/mode/2up Page 122] ''Rajputana District Gazetteers: Volume I-A Ajmer Merwara'' by C C Watson, ICS 1904 Archive.org</ref> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Abu Mount Abu] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Abu Mount Abu] Wikipedia | ||
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*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010429/spectrum/main2.htm Rajasthan’s sole summer resort]an article about Mount Abu and its main attractions by Shona Adhikari (tribuneindia.com) | *[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010429/spectrum/main2.htm Rajasthan’s sole summer resort]an article about Mount Abu and its main attractions by Shona Adhikari (tribuneindia.com) | ||
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Revision as of 06:03, 14 March 2014
| Mount Abu | |
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| Presidency: Bombay | |
| Coordinates: | 24.5925°N 72.7083°E |
| Altitude: | 1,220 m (4,000 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mount Abu Mount Abu |
| State/Province: | Rajasthan |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway | |
Spelling variants
Mount Abu, Mount Aboo
FIBIS resources
Churches and Missions
- St Saviour's Anglican Church (previously known as St Lawrence Church) Founded 1846
- St Ann's (Roman Catholic) Founded 1870
Cemeteries
- Christian cemetery has stones dating from c 1858
Schools
- Abu Lawrence School - founded by Sir Henry Lawrence in 1856. (For more information see Fibiwiki article Lawrence Military Asylum)
- St Mary's High School - renamed in 1929 and taken over by Christian brothers. Formerly known as Mount Abu Railway School (established 1887) and originally run by Bombay, Baroda and Central Railway for children of European and Anglo- Indian railway Staff.
Cadet Regiment
There was a cadet company at Mount Abu, part of the 2nd Battalion, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles.[1]
External links
- Mount Abu Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Abu Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 3.
- "Topographical and Descriptive Account of Mount Aboo, the Station, Barracks and Hospital" by J Ogilvy, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon, 33rd Regiment, page 195 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859 (published 1861) Google Books
- Rajasthan’s sole summer resortan article about Mount Abu and its main attractions by Shona Adhikari (tribuneindia.com)
References