Ajmer State

Ajmer State
Former State 1950–1956
Location of Ajmer State in India
Country	India
Region	North India
Formation	26 January 1950
Consolidation	1 November 1956 (into Rajasthan)
Dissolution	1 November 1956 (by States Reorganisation Act, 1956)
Capital and largest city	Ajmer
Government
• Chief minister
• 24 March 1952 – 31 October 1956	Haribhau Upadhyaya (First and Last)
Area
• Total	7,021 km^2 (2,711 sq mi)
Population
• Total	460,722
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Preceded by Succeeded by Ajmer-Merwara Rajasthan

Ajmer State was a separate state within 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

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.[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 1 November 1956. Kishangarh sub-division of erstwhile Jaipur district was added to it to form Ajmer district.[4]

Government

Chief Commissioner

List of Chief Commissioners of Ajmer State:[1]

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

See also: 1952 Ajmer State Legislative Assembly election

Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 until 1956.[1]

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly Election	Party[a]
1		Haribhau Upadhyaya	Shreenagar	24 March 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 221 days	1st (1952)	Indian National Congress

See also

• Ajmer
• History of Ajmer
• Haribhau Upadhyaya
• History of Rajasthan
• States Reorganisation Act, 1956
• 1952 Ajmer State Legislative Assembly election

References

1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

1. Ajmer State : Chief Commissioners
2. "States Reorganisation Act, 1956". India Code Updated Acts. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 31 August 1956. pp. section 9. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
3. Census of India, 1961: Rajasthan
4. 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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