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*[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.
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*[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.
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Revision as of 04:41, 25 October 2011

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

References

  1. "Army: Ajmer- Merwara Province" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 165.