| Ajmer-Merwara Province Ajmer-Merwara | |||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||
| 1818–1947 | |||||||||
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 Rajputana Agency and Ajmer-Merwara province, 1909 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1881 | 7,021 km2 (2,711 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1881 | 460,722 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Ceded to the British | 1818 | ||||||||
• Merger of the Central Provinces and Berar Province | 1947 | ||||||||
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Ajmer-Merwara (also known as Ajmir Province,[1] and Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri) was a former province of British India in the historical Ajmer region. The territory was ceded to the British by Daulat Rao Sindhia by a treaty on 25 June 1818. It was under the Bengal Presidency until 1861 when it became part of the North-Western Provinces.[2] Finally on 1 April 1871, it became a separate province as Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri. It became a part of independent India on 15 August 1947 when the British left India.[3]
The province consisted of the districts of Ajmer and Merwar, which were physically separated from the rest of British India forming an enclave amidst the many princely states of Rajputana. Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British suzerainty, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British.
In 1842, the two districts were under a single commissioner, then they were separated in 1856 and were administered by the East India Company. Finally, after 1858, by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General of India's agent for the Rajputana Agency.
- ^ Geography of India
- ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908-1931
- ^ Provinces of British India