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Ajmer
| 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 is a city that was in the British Indian province of Rajputana.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Ajmer
Variants: Ajmere/Ajaymeru
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
- 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.