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Ajmer State

Field	Value
name	Ajmer State
former	yes
type	Former State
image_map	Ajmer in India (1951).svg
region	North India
consolidation	1 November 1956 (into Rajasthan)
formation_date4	26 January 1950
dissolution	1 November 1956 (by States Reorganisation Act, 1956)
capital	Ajmer
largestcity	capital
area_total_km2	7,021
population_total	460722
year_start	1950
year_end	1956
cmfirst_year	24 March 1952 – 31 October 1956
cm_first	Haribhau Upadhyaya (First and Last)
flag_p1	British Raj Red Ensign.svg
p1	Ajmer-Merwara
flag_s1	..Rajasthan Flag(INDIA).png
s1	Rajasthan

Ajmer State was a separate state within India from 1950 to 1956 with Ajmer as its capital.

History

A 1909 map of Rajputana, showing Ajmer-Merwara as separate territory

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 until 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.

Dissolution

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

Government

Chief Commissioner

List of Chief Commissioners of Ajmer State:

No.	Name	Term
1	Shankar Prasada	1947–1948
2	Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar	1948–1951
3	Anand Dattahaya Pandit	1952 – March 1954
4	Moti K. Kripalani	March 1954 – 31 October 1956

Chief Minister

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

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Assembly Election	Party
1	[[File:Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg	94x94px]]	Haribhau Upadhyaya	Shreenagar	24 March 1952	31 October 1956

References

(31 August 1956). "States Reorganisation Act, 1956". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
Sharma, Nidhi (2000). ''Transition from Feudalism to Democracy'', Jaipur: Aalekh Publishers, {{ISBN. 81-87359-06-4, pp.197–201,205–6
"Indian states since 1947".

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