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Ajmer State
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| Ajmer Province (1947–1950) Ajmer State (1950–1956) | |||||||||
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| State of India | |||||||||
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.svg) 1951 map of India. Ajmer State is shown in red, in the centre of Rajasthan. | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1881 | 7,021 km2 (2,711 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1881 | 460722 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Independence of India | 1950 | ||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||
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Ajmer State was a separate state within India from 1950 to 1956 with Ajmer as its capital.[1] Ajmer State was formed in 1950 out of the territory of former province of Ajmer-Merwara, which became a province of the Indian Union on 15 August 1947. It formed an enclave within the state of Rajasthan. Following the States Reorganisation Act in 1956 it was merged with Rajasthan.[2]
History[edit]
Ajmer State was formed out of territory of Ajmer-Merwara, which was a British controlled province during British India. The territory of Ajmer-Merwara had been purchased by British from the Marathas in 1818. Upon the independence of India, Ajmer-Merwara became a province of the Union of India.
It was a Province till it was established as a Class "C" State, named Ajmer State, on 26 January 1950 within Republic of India. Class "C" States were under direct rule of Central Government.[1]
Dissolution[edit]
In 1956, when India's state boundaries were reorganised, it became a district of the then Rajasthan state.[1][3] Ajmer state was merged into Rajasthan state on 1 November 1956. Kishangarh sub-division of erstwhile Jaipur district was added to it to form Ajmer district.[4]
Chief Commissioners[edit]
- Shankar Prasada, became its first Chief Commissioner from 1947 to 1948
- Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar was Chief Commissioner from 1948 to 1951[1]
- Anand Dattahaya Pandit, Chief Commissioner from 1952 to March 1954[1]
- Moti K. Kripalani, Chief Commissioner from March 1954 to 31 October 1956[1]
Chief Minister[edit]
Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 till 1956.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ajmer State : Chief Commissioners
- ↑ "States Reorganisation Act, 1956". India Code Updated Acts. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 31 August 1956. pp. section 9. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ Census of India, 1961: Rajasthan
- ↑ Sharma, Nidhi (2000). Transition from Feudalism to Democracy, Jaipur: Aalekh Publishers, ISBN 81-87359-06-4, pp.197–201,205–6
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