Ajmer-Merwara

E8458

former British Indian province former administrative division

Ajmer-Merwara was a small British Indian province centered on the city of Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, administered directly by the colonial government rather than through local princely rulers.

Aliases (2)

Ajmer ×6
Ajmer district ×1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British Indian province → former administrative division →
administeredBy	British colonial government →
administeredDirectly	Government of India (British Raj) →
administrativeCenter	Ajmer →
borderedBy	Rajputana princely states →
capital	Ajmer →
category	Former provinces of British India →
colonialPower	United Kingdom →
commonRegionalLanguages	Hindi → Rajasthani dialects →
contains	Ajmer district → Merwara district →
country	British India →
currentTerritoryPartOf	State of Rajasthan →
governmentType	Chief Commissioner's Province →
historicalEra	British colonial period →
historicalStatus	defunct administrative unit →
locatedInCountry	India →
locatedInPresentDay	Rajasthan →
locatedInSubcontinent	Indian subcontinent →
locatedOnContinent	Asia →
namedAfter	Ajmer → Merwara region →
notAdministeredThrough	local princely rulers → princely states →
officialLanguage	English (administrative) →
partOf	British Indian Empire → British Raj →
region	Rajputana →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
status	non-princely territory →
usedLegalSystem	British Indian law →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ajmer-Merwara ("Ajmer") → Rajputana Agency ("Ajmer") →	capital
Ajmer-Merwara ("Ajmer") →	administrativeCenter
Dara Shikoh ("Ajmer") →	birthPlace
Ajmer-Merwara ("Ajmer district") →	contains
Rajasthan ("Ajmer") →	hasMajorCity
British India →	includedTerritory
Ajmer-Merwara ("Ajmer") →	namedAfter