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'''Ajmer''' was | '''Ajmer City''' was the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer District in British Indian province of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_145.gif Ajmer-Merwara]. It is now the largest city in Rajasthan. | ||
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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ajmere Ajmere] Love to Know 1911<br> | |||
*[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.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 | *[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 | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
====Historical books online==== | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_178.gif "Ajmer City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5'', page 170. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_178.gif "Ajmer City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5'', page 170. | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_145.gif "Ajmer-Merwara Province"]. ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5'', page 137. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_145.gif "Ajmer-Merwara Province"]. ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5'', page 137. | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 31 July 2012
| 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 | |
Ajmer City was the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer District in British Indian province of Ajmer-Merwara. It is now the largest city in Rajasthan.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Ajmer
Variants: Ajmere/Ajaymeru
Related articles
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[1]
External links
- Ajmere Love to Know 1911
- 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.
References
- ↑ "Army: Ajmer- Merwara Province" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 165.