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== Spelling variants==
 
== Spelling variants==
Mount Abu, Mount Aboo
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Modern name: Mount Abu<br>
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Variants: Mount Aboo
  
 
==FIBIS resources==
 
==FIBIS resources==

Revision as of 15:23, 23 June 2016

Mount Abu
Mount Abu General View.jpg
Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 24.5925°N 72.7083°E
Altitude: 1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mount Abu
State/Province: Rajasthan
Country: India
Transport links
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

Spelling variants

Modern name: Mount Abu
Variants: 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

Cadet Regiment

There was a cadet company at Mount Abu, part of the 2nd Battalion, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles.[1] There is no mention of a cadet company in the reminiscences of Kenneth Staynor (above), so perhaps the cadet company was connected with Abu Lawrence School.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Page 122 Rajputana District Gazetteers: Volume I-A Ajmer Merwara by C C Watson, ICS 1904 Archive.org