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===Volunteers===
"Ajmer is the head-quarters of the 2nd Battalion, [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment |Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles]]. The corps originally formed part of the Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps, with the title of Rajputana-Malwa Volunteer Rifle Corps. In 1887 its title was changed to the present designation. It consists of 11 companies, including a cadet company at Mount Abu. Its strength in 1903 stood at 344".<ref> [https://archive.org/stream/rajputanadistri00agegoog#page/n141/mode/2up Page 122] ''Rajputana District Gazetteers: Volume I-A Ajmer Merwara'' by C C Watson, ICS 1904 Archive.org</ref>
==Railway workshops and colony==
Ajmer, and [[Jamalpur]] workshops manufactured more than 500 broad and narrow gauge steam locomotives between 1895 and 1920. <ref>
[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/the-last-gasp-for-indias-age-of-steam-drivers-mourn-locomotives-that-united-a-nation-1468307.html “The last gasp for India's age of steam: Drivers mourn locomotives that united a nation”] 23 October 2011 independent.co.uk</ref>
There was a large railway colony, with a hospital at Ajmer. It was one of those railway colonies along the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] whose Railway Institute dances were so well regarded that people would travel for up to six hours by train to attend.<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/supplements/the-anglo-indian-legacy-saga/106491.html "The Anglo-Indian legacy saga"] by R V Smith Nov 26 2015 ''The Statesman'' </ref>
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