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category">1818–1947</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px 3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Ajmer-Merwara"><img alt="Flag of Ajmer-Merwara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/125px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/188px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/250px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> </div> <div><a href="/wiki/Star_of_India_(flag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star of India (flag)">Flag</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajputana_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Rajputana_1909.jpg/220px-Rajputana_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Rajputana_1909.jpg/330px-Rajputana_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Rajputana_1909.jpg/440px-Rajputana_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="831" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana Agency</a> and Ajmer-Merwara province, 1909</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1881</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,021 km<sup>2</sup> (2,711 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1881 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">460,722</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Ceded to the British </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1818</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Merger of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Provinces" title="Central Provinces">Central Provinces</a> and Berar Province </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1947</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="280" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Empire</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Ajmer_State" title="Ajmer State">Ajmer State</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/20px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/30px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/40px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ajmer-Merwara</b> (also known as <b>Ajmir Province</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <b>Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri</b>) was a former province of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> in the historical <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajmer region">Ajmer region</a>. The territory was ceded to the British by <a href="/wiki/Daulat_Rao_Sindhia" title="Daulat Rao Sindhia">Daulat Rao Sindhia</a> by a treaty on 25 June 1818. It was under the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a> until 1861 when it became part of the <a href="/wiki/North-Western_Provinces" title="North-Western Provinces">North-Western Provinces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally on 1 April 1871, it became a separate province as Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri. It became a part of <a href="/wiki/Independent_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent India">independent India</a> on 15 August 1947 when the British left India.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province consisted of the <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_district" title="Ajmer district">Ajmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mewar" title="Mewar">Merwar</a>, which were physically separated from the rest of British India forming an <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> amidst the many <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rajputana" title="Rajputana">Rajputana</a>. Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British <a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">suzerainty</a>, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British. </p><p>In 1842, the two districts were under a single commissioner, then they were separated in 1856 and were administered by the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>. Finally, after 1858, by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a>'s agent for the <a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana Agency</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extent_and_geography">Extent and geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Extent and geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of the province was 2,710 square miles (7,000 km<sup>2</sup>). The plateau, on whose centre stands the town of Ajmer, may be considered as the highest point in the plains of <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a>; from the circle of hills which hem it in, the country slopes away on every side - towards river valleys on the east, south, west and towards the <a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a> region on the north. The <a href="/wiki/Aravalli_Range" title="Aravalli Range">Aravalli Range</a> is the distinguishing feature of the district. The range of hills which runs between Ajmer and <a href="/wiki/Nasirabad,_Ajmer" title="Nasirabad, Ajmer">Nasirabad</a> marks the watershed of the continent of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The rain which falls on the southeastern slopes drains into the <a href="/wiki/Chambal_River" title="Chambal River">Chambal</a>, and so into the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>; that which falls on the northwest side into the <a href="/wiki/Luni_River" title="Luni River">Luni River</a>, which discharges itself into the <a href="/wiki/Rann_of_Kutch" title="Rann of Kutch">Rann of Kutch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province is on the border of what may be called the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arid_zone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arid zone (page does not exist)">arid zone</a>; it is the debatable land between the north-eastern and south-western <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoons</a>, and beyond the influence of either. The south-west monsoon sweeps up the <a href="/wiki/Narmada_River" title="Narmada River">Narmada</a> valley from <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> and crossing the tableland at <a href="/wiki/Neemuch" title="Neemuch">Neemuch</a> gives copious supplies to <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhalawar" title="Jhalawar">Jhalawar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kota,_Rajasthan" title="Kota, Rajasthan">Kota</a> and the countries which lie in the course of the Chambal River.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The clouds which strike <a href="/wiki/Kathiawar" title="Kathiawar">Kathiawar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Kutch">Kutch</a> are deprived of a great deal of their moisture by the hills in those countries (now the majority of this region is in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> state within independent <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>), and the greater part of the remainder is deposited on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Abu" title="Mount Abu">Mount Abu</a> and the higher slopes of the Aravalli Range, leaving but little for Merwara, where the hills are lower, and still less for Ajmer. It is only when the monsoon is in considerable force that Merwara gets a plentiful supply from it. The north-eastern monsoon sweeps up the valley of the <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a> from the Bay of Bengal and waters the northern part of Rajasthan, but hardly penetrates farther west than the longitude of Ajmer. The rainfall of the district depends on the varying strength of these two monsoons. The agriculturist of Ajmer-Merwara could never rely upon two good harvests in succession.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_rule">British rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: British rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part of the <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajmer region">Ajmer region</a>, the territory of the future province was ceded to the British by <a href="/wiki/Daulat_Rao_Sindhia" title="Daulat Rao Sindhia">Daulat Rao Sindhia</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Gwalior State</a> as part of a treaty dated 25 June 1818. Then in May 1823 the Merwara (Mewar) part was ceded to Britain by <a href="/wiki/Udaipur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Udaipur State">Udaipur State</a>. Thereafter Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a>, in 1858 the powers of the company were transferred to the British Crown and the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a>. His administration of Ajmer-Merwara was controlled by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the British agent for the <a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Superintendents_for_Ajmer">Superintendents for Ajmer</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Superintendents for Ajmer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>9 Jul 1818 – 17 Jul 1818 Nixon</li> <li>18 Jul 1818 – 15 Dec 1824 Francis Boyle Shannon Wilder (1785–1849)</li> <li>16 Dec 1824 – 21 Apr 1825 Richard Moore (1st time)</li> <li>22 Apr 1825 – 23 Oct 1827 Henry Middleton</li> <li>24 Oct 1827 – 28 Nov 1831 Richard Cavendish</li> <li>29 Nov 1831 – 1 Jul 1832 Richard Moore (2nd time)</li> <li>2 Jul 1832 – 16 Apr 1834 Alexander Speirs</li> <li>17 Apr 1834 – 30 Jun 1836 George Frederick Edmonstone (1813–1864)</li> <li>1 Jul 1836 – 25 Jul 1837 Charles E. Trevelyan (1807–1886)</li> <li>26 Jul 1837 – Feb 1842 J.D. Macnaghten</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Superintendents_for_Merwara_(from_Feb_1842,_Ajmer-Merwara)"><span id="Superintendents_for_Merwara_.28from_Feb_1842.2C_Ajmer-Merwara.29"></span>Superintendents for Merwara (from Feb 1842, Ajmer-Merwara)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Superintendents for Merwara (from Feb 1842, Ajmer-Merwara)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1823 – 1836 Henry Hall (1789–1875)</li> <li>1836 – 1857 Charles George Dixon (died 1857)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Agents_of_the_Governors-general_for_the_Rajputana_agency">Agents of the Governors-general for the Rajputana agency</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Agents of the Governors-general for the Rajputana agency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1832 – 29 Nov 1833 Abraham Lockett (1781–1834)</li> <li>29 Nov 1833 – Jun 1834 Alexander Speirs</li> <li>Jun 1834 – 1 Feb 1839 Nathaniel Alves</li> <li>1 Feb 1839 – 1839 John Ludlow (acting) (1788–1880)</li> <li>Apr 1839 – Dec 1847 James Sutherland (died 1848)</li> <li>Jan 1844 – Oct 1846 Charles Thoresby (died 1862) (acting for Sutherland)</li> <li>Dec 1847 – Jan 1853 John Low (1788–1880)</li> <li>25 Jun 1848 – 19 Nov 1848 Showers (acting for Low)</li> <li>8 Sep 1851 – 1 Dec 1851 D.A. Malcolm (acting for Low)</li> <li>1852 – 1853 George St. Patrick Lawrence (1804–1884) (1st time)</li> <li>5 Mar 1853 – Feb 1857 Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806–1857)</li> <li>15 Mar 1857 – Apr 1864 George St. Patrick Lawrence (s.a.) (2nd time)</li> <li>10 Apr 1859 – 24 Nov 1860 William Frederick Eden (1814–1867) (acting for Lawrence)</li> <li>Apr 1864 – 1867 William Frederick Eden (s.a.)</li> <li>1867 – 1870 Richard Harte Keatinge (1825–1904)</li> <li>15 Jun 1870 – 1 Apr 1871 John Cheap Brooke (1818–1899) (acting for Keatinge)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chief_Commissioners">Chief Commissioners</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Chief Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Commissioners_of_Ajmer-Merwara" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Commissioners of Ajmer-Merwara">List of Chief Commissioners of Ajmer-Merwara</a></div> <ul><li>1 Apr 1871 – 21 Jun 1873 Richard Harte Keatinge (s.a.)</li> <li>1 Apr 1871 – 21 Jun 1873 John Cheape Brooke (s.a.) (acting for Keatinge)</li> <li>21 Jun 1873 – 6 Apr 1874 Sir Lewis Pelly (1st time) (1825–1892) (acting to 6 Feb 1874)</li> <li>6 Apr 1874 – 6 Jul 1874 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sir_William_George_Lawrence_Beynon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sir William George Lawrence Beynon (page does not exist)">William H. Beynon</a> (acting) (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1826</span> – 1903)</li> <li>6 Jul 1874 – 12 Nov 1874 Sir Lewis Pelly (2nd time) (s.a.)</li> <li>12 Nov 1874 – 18 Aug 1876 Alfred Comyns Lyall (acting) (1835–1911)</li> <li>18 Aug 1876 – 5 Mar 1877 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (1833–1892) (1st time)(acting)</li> <li>5 Mar 1877 – 12 Dec 1878 Sir Lewis Pelly (3rd time) (s.a.)</li> <li>12 Dec 1878 – 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford (1836–1911) (1st time)</li> <li>17 Mar 1881 – 28 Nov 1882 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (s.a.) (2nd time) (acting)</li> <li>28 Nov 1882 – 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford (s.a.) (2nd time)</li> <li>27 Mar 1887 – 20 Mar 1890 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (1833–1892) (3rd time)(acting to 1 Apr 1887)</li> <li>20 Mar 1890 – 27 Aug 1891 George Herbert Trevor (1st time) (1840–1927)</li> <li>27 Aug 1891 – 2 Dec 1891 P.W. Powlett (acting)</li> <li>2 Dec 1891 – 22 Nov 1893 George Herbert Trevor (2nd time) (s.a.)</li> <li>22 Nov 1893 – 11 Jan 1894 William Francis Prideaux (acting) (1840–1914)</li> <li>11 Jan 1895 – 20 Mar 1895 George Herbert Trevor (3rd time) (s.a.)</li> <li>20 Mar 1895 – 10 Mar 1898 Robert Joseph Crosthwaite (1841–1917)</li> <li>10 Mar 1898 – 1 May 1900 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (1854–1942) (1st time)</li> <li>1 May 1900 – 1 Apr 1901 William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (acting)(1848–1909)</li> <li>1 Apr 1901 – 3 Feb 1902 A.P. Thornton (acting)</li> <li>3 Feb 1902 – 1 Apr 1905 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (s.a.) (2nd time)</li> <li>1 Apr 1905 – 4 Jan 1918 <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Graham_Colvin" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliot Graham Colvin">Elliot Graham Colvin</a> (1861–1940)</li> <li>4 Jan 1918 – 22 Dec 1919 John Manners Smith (1864–1920)</li> <li>22 Dec 1919 – 7 Aug 1925 Robert Erskine Holland (1873–1965)</li> <li>7 Aug 1925 – 18 Mar 1927 Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson (1872–1942)</li> <li>18 Mar 1927 – 14 Oct 1932 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_William_Reynolds" title="Leonard William Reynolds">Leonard William Reynolds</a> (1874–1946)</li> <li>14 Oct 1932 – 28 Oct 1937 <a href="/wiki/George_Drummond_Ogilvie" title="George Drummond Ogilvie">George Drummond Ogilvie</a> (1882–1966)</li> <li>28 Oct 1937 – 1 Dec 1944 <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Cunningham_Lothian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Cunningham Lothian">Arthur Cunningham Lothian</a> (1887–1962)</li> <li>May 1939 – Oct 1939 Conrad Corfield (1893–1980) (acting for Lothian)</li> <li>1 Dec 1944 – 15 Aug 1947 Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani (1904–1949)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-independence">Post-independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the date of <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition</a> and independence in 1947 until 1950, Ajmer-Merwara remained a province of the new <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a>. In 1950 it became <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_State" title="Ajmer State">Ajmer State</a>, which on 1 November 1956, was merged into the state of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>. </p><p>The Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 was the landmark in the legal history of land reforms in Rajasthan which was followed by Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 that became applicable to the whole of Rajasthan. The overriding effect of this Act provided relief to the existing tenants and the rights accrued to tenants accordingly. Now the Jats are major land holders in the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rawat Rajputs</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mer_(community)" title="Mer (community)">Mer (community)</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu caste">Hindu caste</a> from the Gujarat and Central India who emigrated hundred of years ago from Ajmer-Merwara and the surrounding regions of Rajputana.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair_Rajputs" class="mw-redirect" title="Mair Rajputs">Mair Rajputs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu caste">Hindu caste</a> who emigrated hundreds of years ago to Punjab from Ajmer-Merwara and the surrounding regions of Rajputana.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajmer-Merwara&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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