Ajmer State
| Ajmer Province (1947 - 1950) Ajmer State (1950 - 1956) अजमेर |
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| • | Independence of India | 1947 | |||
| • | States Reorganisation Act | 1956 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1881 | 7,021 km2 (2,711 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1881 | 460,722 | |||
| Density | 65.6 /km2 (170 /sq mi) | ||||
Ajmer State was a separate State within the Union of 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
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
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 November 1, 1956. Kishangarh sub-division of erstwhile Jaipur district was added to it to form Ajmer district[4]
Commissioners
- 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]
- M.K. Kripalani, Chief Commissioner from March 1954 to 31 October 1956[1]
Chief Minister
Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 1952 till 1956.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ajmer State : Chief Commissioners
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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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