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==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
* Christian cemetery has stones dating from c 1858 | * Christian cemetery has stones dating from c 1858 | ||
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| + | * 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. | ||
| + | **[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/ Chronology from official school website of St May's High School, Mount Abu] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 9 January 2013
| Mount Abu | |
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| Presidency: Bombay | |
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| Place Name: | Mount Abu |
| State/Province: | Rajasthan |
| Country: | India |
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| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway | |
Contents
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.
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)
