AJMER MERWARA (Under direct control of British)
Ajmer-Merwara, also known as Ajmir Province and as Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri, is 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 1836 when it became part of the North-Western Provinces comissionat el 1842. 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. 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.
The area
of the province was 2,710 Sq. Miles (7,000 Sq.Kms.). The plateau, on whose
centre stands the town of Ajmer, may be considered as the highest point in the
plains of North India; from the circle of hills which hem
it in, the country slopes away on every side - towards river valleys on the
east, south, west and towards the Thar Desert region on the north. The Aravalli Range is the distinguishing feature
of the district. The range of hills which runs between Ajmer and Nasirabad marks the watershed of the
continent of India. The rain which falls on the
southeastern slopes drains into the Chambal, and so into the Bay of Bengal; that which falls on the northwest
side into the Luni River, which discharges itself into
the Rann of
Kutch.
Part of
the Ajmer
region, the
territory of the future province was ceded to the British by Daulat
Rao Sindhia of Gwalior State as part of a treaty dated 25
June 1818. Then in May 1823 the Merwara (Mewar) part was ceded to Britain
by Udaipur
State. Thereafter
Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British East
India Company. After
the Indian Mutiny of 1857, in 1858 the powers of the Company were transferred
to the British Crown and the Governor-General of India. His administration of Ajmer-Merwara was controlled by a
chief commissioner who was subordinate to the British agent for the Rajputana Agency .
After the independence Ajmer
Merwara remained a province of the new Dominion of India. In 1950 it became
Ajmer State , which on 1 November 1956 was merged into the State of Rajasthan.
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