Rajasthan

Geography of Ajmer
Ajmer district is situated in the center of Rajasthan, and is bounded by Nagaur District to the north side, Bhilwara District to the south side, Jaipur and Tonk districts to the east side and Pali District to the west side.Ajmer District has an area of 8,481 km².

Latitude of Ajmer city : 26°16′N to 26.27°N
Longitude of Ajmer city : 74°25′E to 74.42°E

About Ajmer
Ajmer is an oasis wrapped in the green hills. In the 7th Century A.D. Raja Ajay Pal Chauhan was found this city and continued to be a major Centre of the Chauhan power till 1193 A.D., when Prithviraj Chauhan lost it to Mohammed Ghauri. Ajmer is a popular pilgrimage Centre for the Hindus as well as Muslims. It is especially famous is the Dargah Sharif -Tomb of the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, which is equally revered by the Hindus and Muslims.

In Ajmer generally Hindi, Rajasthani, Urdu, and Sindhi are the main languages spoken.

Sub - Division in Ajmer District
Ajmer District has 4 sub - division
Ajmer
Beawar
Kekri
Kishangarh

Tehsils in Ajmer District
Ajmer District has 9 Tehsils
Ajmer
Pisangan
Beawar
Nasirabad
Kishangarh
Kekri
Masooda
Bhinai
Sarwar

Cities and Towns in Ajmer District
Ajmer
Kekri
Ramgarh
Arain
Kishangarh
Sarwar
Bandanwara
Madanganj
Sheopura
Bhinai
Mangliyawas
Srinagar
Bijaynagar
Nasirabad
Tilonia
Deolia
Pisangan
Jawaja
Pushkar

Railways Station in Ajmer District
Ajmer Junction Railway Station
Bandanwara Railway Station
Kishangarh Railway Station
Kharwa Railway Station
Nasirabad Railway Station
Bijainagar Railway Station
Makrera Railway Station
Tiloniya Railway Station
Daurai Railway Station
Mangaliyawas Railway Station
Piplaj Railway Station
Beawar Railway Station
Lamana Railway Station
Saradhna Railway Station

Bus Stations in Ajmer District
Ajmer Central Bus Station
Kishangarh Bus Station
Masuda Bus Station

Tourist Place in Ajmer District
Pushkar
Dargah of the Great Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Nasiyan (Red) Temple
Taragarh Fort
Salemabad (Nimbark Peeth)
Nareli Jain Temple
Adhai - Din Ka - Jhonpra
Ana - Sagar
Museum

Temples in Ajmer District
Brahma Temple
Old Rangji Temple
New Rangji Temple
Savitri Temple
Saraswati Temple

Engineering Colleges in Ajmer
Ajmer Institute of Technology
Govt. Engg. College, Ajmer
Govt. Engineering. College, Ajmer Govt.

Colleges in Ajmer District
Ajmer Nursing Colleges
Adarsh Degree College
Ajmer Distance Education Study Centres
Agarwal Girls College
Ajmer Law Colleges
Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College
Saini Adarsh College

Industries in Ajmer District
Ajmer is a trade center for manufactured goods including wool textiles, Marble & Granite, soap, hosiery, Powerloom Cloth, shoes and pharmaceuticals.Handicraft industries are also famous in Ajmer District at Kishangarh the world class kishangarh art developed on paper, clothe, wooden, marble & leather.

Major Crops
Bajra, wheat, jowar, maize, barley, groundnut, paddy, red chilies, and sesamum are the main crops of this district.

According to Rajputana Gazetteer, Ajmer was held by Chechi Gurjars until about 700 years ago. Ajmer (SanskritAjayameru) was founded in the late 7th century A.D. by Ajayraj singh Chauhan. Chauhan clan is a branch ofChechi Gurjars. The Chauhan dynasty ruled Ajmer in spite of repeated invasions by Turkic marauders from Central Asia across the north of India. Ajmer was conquered by Muhammad of Ghor, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1193. However, the Chauhan rulers were allowed autonomy upon the payment of a heavy tribute to the conquerors. Ajmer remained subject to Delhi until 1365 when it was captured by the ruler of Mewar. In 1509, control of Ajmer was disputed between the Maharajas of Mewar and Marwar unitil it was conquered by the Marwar in 1532. In 1553, the state was captured by the Hindu Emperor Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly known as Hemu, who was killed in 1556 in the Second Battle of Panipat. The city was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1559. In the 18th century, control passed to the Marathas.

In 1818 the British forced the Marathas to cede the city for 50,000 rupees whereupon it became part of the province of Ajmer-Merwara, which consisted of the districts of Ajmer and Merwara and were physically separated by the territory of the Rajputana Agency. Ajmer-Merwara was directly administered by the British Raj, by a commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General's agent for Rajputana. Ajmer-Merwara remained a province of India until 1950, when it became the Ajmer State.

Ajmer state became part of Rajasthan state on 1 November 1956.











Ajaipal Chauhan founded Ajmer in the seventh century. He constructed a hill fort "Ajaimeur" or the " Invincible Hill ". He established the Chauhan dynasty which continued to rule the country while repeated waves of Turkish invasions swept across India. Ajmer was conquered by Muhammad of Ghor, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1193. Its internal government, however, was handed over to the Chauhan rulers upon the payment of a heavy tribute to the conquerors. Ajmer then remained feudatory to Delhi until 1365, when it was captured by the ruler of Mewar. In 1509 Ajmer became a source of contention between the Maharajas of Mewar and Marwar, and was ultimately conquered by the Marwar ruler in 1532. Ajmer was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1559. It continued to be in the hands of the Mughals, with occasional revolts, until 1770, when it was ceded to the Marathas. From that time up to 1818 Ajmer was the scene of an ongoing struggle, being seized at different times by the Mewar and the Marwar maharajas, from whom it was often retaken by the Marathas. In 1818 the Marathas sold Ajmer to the East India Company for 50,000 rupees. Since then Ajmer has enjoyed stable governance, although during the 1857 War of Independence some Indian sepoys at the garrison in the nearby town of Nasirabad joined the revolt. Under the British Raj, Ajmer was governed by an Agent to the Governor General overseeing Rajputana. After independence in 1947, Ajmer retained its position as a centrally administrated state under a Chief Commissioner for some time. Ajmer was eventually merged with the State of Rajasthan.

DISTRICTS

1. Ajmer
2. Alwar
3. Banswara
4. Baran
5. Barmer
6. Bharatpur
7. Bhilwara
8. Bikaner
9. Bundi
10. Chittorgarh
11. Churu
12. Dausa
13. Dholpur
14. Dungarpur
15. Hanumangarh
16. Jaipur
17. Jaisalmer
18. Jalore
19. Jhalawar
20. Jhunjhunu
21. Jodhpur
22. Karauli
23. Kota
24. Nagaur
25. Pali
26. Pratapgarh
27. Rajsamand
28. Sawai Madhopur
29. Sikar
30. Sirohi
31. Sriganganagar
32. Tonk
33. Udaipur