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* Abu Lawrence School - founded by Sir Henry Lawrence in 1856. (For more information see Fibiwiki article [[Lawrence Military Asylum]])
* 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.  
* 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 alumni website of St May's High School, Mount Abu]
***[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/memories/articles/staynor.html  St Mary's High School 1943-1945] by Kenneth “Jock” Staynor
=== Cadet Regiment===
=== 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>
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> There is no mention of a cadet company in the reminiscences of Kenneth Staynor (above), so perhaps the cadet company was connected with Abu Lawrence School.
==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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**[https://archive.org/stream/westernrajputana00adam#page/30/mode/2up Mount Abu] page 30. Contains a photograph of the Church, facing page 34
**[https://archive.org/stream/westernrajputana00adam#page/30/mode/2up Mount Abu] page 30. Contains a photograph of the Church, facing page 34
**[https://archive.org/stream/westernrajputana00adam#page/n537/mode/1up Photograph of Mount Abu] facing page 423
**[https://archive.org/stream/westernrajputana00adam#page/n537/mode/1up Photograph of Mount Abu] facing page 423
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/throughrajputan00stubgoog#page/n104/mode/2up The Journey to Mount Abu] page 95 ''Through Rajputana to Delhi : An Ilustrated Guide to the Districts Reached by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway'' by Carlton Stubbs 1907 Archive.org
== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 07:23, 15 March 2014

Mount Abu
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

Cadet Regiment

There was a cadet company at Mount Abu, part of the 2nd Battalion, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles.[1] There is no mention of a cadet company in the reminiscences of Kenneth Staynor (above), so perhaps the cadet company was connected with Abu Lawrence School.

External links

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
  • The Western Rajputana States: 
a medico-topographical and general account of Marwar, Sirohi, Jaisalmir 
by Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Adams. 1899 Archive.org
  • The Journey to Mount Abu page 95 Through Rajputana to Delhi : An Ilustrated Guide to the Districts Reached by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway by Carlton Stubbs 1907 Archive.org

References

  1. Page 122 Rajputana District Gazetteers: Volume I-A Ajmer Merwara by C C Watson, ICS 1904 Archive.org