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|presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|image=Mount Abu General View.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=24.5925,72.7083&z=10&t=h&hl=en 24.5925°N 72.7083°E] |altitude= 1,220 m (4,000 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Abu Mount Abu Mount Abu ]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan Rajasthan]
|country= India
==Churches and Missions ==
* St Saviour's Anglican church Church (previously known as St Lawrence Church) Founded 1846
* St Ann's (Roman Catholic) Founded 1870
==Schools ==
* Abu Lawrence School - founded by Sir Henry Lawrence in 1856. (For more information see Fibiwiki article [[Lawrence Military Asylum]])
* St Mary's High School - renamed in 1929 and taken over by Christian brothers. Formerly known as Mount Abu Railway School (established 1887) and originally run by Bombay, Baroda and Central Railway for children of European and Anglo- Indian railway Staff.
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Abu Mount Abu] Wikipedia
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_011.gif Abu] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 5, page 3.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA195 "Topographical and Descriptive Account of Mount Aboo, the Station, Barracks and Hospital"] by J Ogilvy, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon, 33rd Regiment, page 195 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861) Google Books
[[Category:Locations]][[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]] [[Category:Hill Stations]]
