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**[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
*[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
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34980 ''Annual Return Of Public Military Buildings In The Sanitarium Of Mount Abu''] 1924. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 06:29, 18 November 2016

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
State/Province: Rajasthan
Country: India
Transport links
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

Spelling variants

Modern name: Mount Abu
Variants: 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

References

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