Ajmer

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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 was a city that was ithe administrative headquarters of the British Indian province of Ajmer-Merwara. It is now the largest city in Rajasthan.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Ajmer
Variants: Ajmere/Ajaymeru

Related articles

Ajmer-Merwara Districts

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.