Ajmer State was a separate state within India from 1950 to 1956 with

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...

as its capital. Ajmer State was formed in 1950 out of the territory of former province of

Ajmer-Merwara Ajmer-Merwara, also known as Ajmir Province and as 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 u ...

, which became a province of the Indian Union on 15 August 1947. It formed an

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within the state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

. Following the

States Reorganisation Act The States Reorganisation act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States ...

in 1956 it was merged with

History

Ajmer State was formed out of territory of

, which was a British controlled

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

during British India. The territory of Ajmer-Merwara had been purchased by British from the

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s in 1818. Upon the

independence of India The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...

, Ajmer-Merwara became a province of the Union of India. It was a

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until it was established as a Class "C" State, named Ajmer State, on 26 January 1950 within

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. Class "C" States were under direct rule of Central Government.

Dissolution

In 1956, when India's state boundaries were reorganised, it became a district of the then

state. 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.Sharma, Nidhi (2000). ''Transition from Feudalism to Democracy'', Jaipur: Aalekh Publishers, , pp.197–201,205–6

Chief Commissioners

#Shankar Prasada, became its first Chief Commissioner from 1947 to 1948 #Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar was Chief Commissioner from 1948 to 1951 #Anand Dattahaya Pandit, Chief Commissioner from 1952 to March 1954Ajmer State : Chief Commissioners
/ref> #Moti K. Kripalani, Chief Commissioner from March 1954 to 31 October 1956

Chief Minister

Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 until 1956.

References

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History

Dissolution

Chief Commissioners

Chief Minister

See also

References