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{{Short description|1950–1956 state in North India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian state or territory
| 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 [[States and union territories of India|state within India]] from 1950 to 1956 with [[Ajmer]] as its capital.<ref name=a/> Ajmer State was formed in 1950 out of the territory of former province of [[Ajmer-Merwara]], which became a province of the [[Dominion of India|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=195637%20&tfnm2=11 |title=States Reorganisation Act, 1956 |date=31 August 1956 |series=India Code Updated Acts |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India|pages=section 9 |accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Rajputana 1909.jpg|thumb|right|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 [[Maratha]]s 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.<ref name=a/>

=== Dissolution ===
In 1956, when India's state boundaries were reorganised, it became a district of the then [[Rajasthan]] state.<ref name=a/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BrjUAAAAMAAJ&q=Ajmer+State+ Census of India, 1961: Rajasthan]</ref> 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]].<ref>Sharma, Nidhi (2000). ''Transition from Feudalism to Democracy'', Jaipur: Aalekh Publishers, {{ISBN|81-87359-06-4}}, pp.197–201,205–6</ref>

== Government ==
=== Chief Commissioner ===
List of Chief Commissioners of Ajmer State:<ref name=a>{{cite web |title=Indian states since 1947 |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html |website=www.worldstatesmen.org |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Term
|- align="center"
| 1
| Shankar Prasada
| 1947–1948
|- align="center"
| 2
| Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar
| 1948–1951
|- align="center"
| 3
| Anand Dattahaya Pandit
| 1952 – March 1954
|- align="center"
| 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.<ref name=a/>

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | No
!Portrait
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | [[1952 Ajmer State Legislative Assembly election|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Tenure
!Assembly Election
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party{{efn|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.}}
|- align="center" style="height: 80px;"
| 1
|[[File:Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Haribhau Upadhyaya]]
| Shreenagar
| 24 March 1952
| 31 October 1956
|{{Age in years and days|1952|3|24|1956|10|31}}
|1st
<small>([[1952 Ajmer Legislative Assembly election|1952]])</small>
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|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==
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