History of Ajmer
Ajmer is a historical region in central Rajasthan, a central part of a Shakambari Chahamana (Chauhan) kingdom in 11–12th centuries during the reign of Prithviraj Chauhan. The region includes a present-day Ajmer district and is bounded on the west by Marwar, on the northeast by Dhundhar, on the southeast by Hadoti, and on the south by Mewar regions. Ajmer subah Under Mughal imperial rule, Ajmer was a central subah (top-level province), roughly most of present Rajasthan, one of the twelve original provinces created by Akbar the Great, bordering Delhi (later Shahjahanbad), Agra (later Akbarabad), Malwa, Gujarat, Thatta (Sindh) and Multan subahs. Ajmer-Merwara In 1818, Daulat Rao Sindhia, Maharajah of Gwalior State, ceded Ajmer to the British, and it became part of the Bengal Presidency of British India until 1836, when it was moved into the North-Western Provinces. On 1 April 1871 a new Ajmer-Merwara Province (also called Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri) was formed. This continued until 15 August 1947, when with the Partition of India the British departed, and Ajmer-Merwara had been awarded to the new Dominion of India. Ajmer state In 1950, Ajmer state became a "Part C" state, governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. Haribhau Upadhyaya,